Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small kangaroo.

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Examples

  • You, the "cheeks" guy from Meet The Press, Brian pretty-face from The Evening News, you're as famous as the people you cover, probably more so.

    Earl Pomerantz: Uncle Grumpy on Cable News 2008

  • Should we worry that pretty-face utter long-shots like

    Slate Magazine Emily Bazelon 2010

  • Everytime she starts to threaten Mariya, Mariya gives her a pretty-face look and well, Kanako forgets what she says and gets a nosebleed.

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • The pretty-face veil of tyranny masks the true ugliness just beneath the skin.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • I’m going to reveal how Astor-Denning picked you, a pretty-face nonscientist, to woo scientists into compromising positions.

    The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008

  • I’m going to reveal how Astor-Denning picked you, a pretty-face nonscientist, to woo scientists into compromising positions.

    The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008

  • I’m going to reveal how Astor-Denning picked you, a pretty-face nonscientist, to woo scientists into compromising positions.

    The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008

  • In Uglies, there’s a scene in which Tally and Shay choose which side of their faces is prettier, and use that side to base their future pretty-face on.

    John Joseph Adams » Pretties, and an Artificially Symmetrical Slush God 2005

  • In Uglies, there’s a scene in which Tally and Shay choose which side of their faces is prettier, and use that side to base their future pretty-face on.

    John Joseph Adams » 2005 » October 2005

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