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- noun Plural form of
phiz .
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Examples
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To make matters worse, I saw that the two thugs who had laid hold of me, and were now on their feet, had masks on their ugly phizzes, and Joe had a cocked revolver in his hand.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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This gallery of death-masks -- castings taken from the phizzes of famous corpses -- is completely captivating, if a little poorly presented (captions on the thumbnail pages would really help!).
Boing Boing 2004
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While we fed our eyes with the sight of the phizzes and actions of these lounging gulligutted Gastrolaters, we on a sudden heard the sound of a musical instrument called a bell; at which all of them placed themselves in rank and file as for some mighty battle, everyone according to his office, degree, and seniority.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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While we fed our eyes with the sight of the phizzes and actions of these lounging gulligutted Gastrolaters, we on a sudden heard the sound of a musical instrument called a bell; at which all of them placed themselves in rank and file as for some mighty battle, everyone according to his office, degree, and seniority.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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To make matters worse, I saw that the two thugs who had laid hold of me, and were now on their feet, had masks on their ugly phizzes, and Joe had a cocked revolver in his hand.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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To make matters worse, I saw that the two thugs who had laid hold of me, and were now on their feet, had masks on their ugly phizzes, and Joe had a cocked revolver in his hand.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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In the end I lost patience, and made for the door, roaring for attention, but at this two of the Malay crew appeared, all bulging muscles and evil phizzes, and indicated that if I didn't hold my tongue they'd hold it for me.
Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977
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The fiddlers, -- above all, the bass violer, -- most Hogarthian phizzes!
The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman
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Twig methodist phizzes, with mask sanctimonious, [3]
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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The crew were summoned to the side of the vessel, and their phizzes critically examined by the doctor.
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper
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