Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person with a pallid face.
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Examples
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Here's the door left open for him, endangering the whole venture, and whey-face han't plucked up heart to come!
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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"A lightweight, a sissy, a 'lily-livered whey-face,' " Gentile is an easy mark for bullies in Venice, particularly Jacopo, a conceited hunk from the Malipiero family.
The Seattle Times 2012
hernesheir commented on the word whey-face
(n): a face that is pale, as from fear; a person with such a pale face. whey-faced
January 9, 2009