Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A face with sharp and prominent features; a face like a hatchet.
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Examples
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Dick Ostler accordingly made his appearance; — a queer, knowing, shambling animal, with a hatchet-face, a squint, a game-arm, and a limp.
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You know things are really going well at a company when hatchet-face Henry Kravis and his buyout barbarians snap up a chunk.
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You know things are really going well at a company when hatchet-face Henry Kravis and his buyout barbarians snap up a chunk.
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Scooter’s got a radio show 2007
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His hatchet-face softened for a moment, as if he was sorry for her.
The Moonstone 2003
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"The true gods guide our blades, Djinar," one man murmured as he passed hatchet-face.
Conan The Magnificent Jordan, Robert 1986
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"The true gods guide our blades, Djinar," one man murmured as he passed hatchet-face.
Conan The Magnificent Jordan, Robert 1984
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But for all that, thought Cadfael, watching the shrewd, lean hatchet-face, he has a pretty accurate idea of what they're here for.
St. Peter's Fair Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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But for all that, thought Cadfael, watching the shrewd, lean hatchet-face, he has a pretty accurate idea of what they're here for.
St. Peter's Fair Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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The Jek was coal black, his scales glittering in the cold sunlight, his hatchet-face inscrutable.
The Stoker and the Stars Algis Budrys 1969
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The very boys who had once ridiculed me and poked fun at me and called me hatchet-face now slapped me on the back and said, “I knew you could do it, Elmer.”
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living Dale Carnegie 1944
reesetee commented on the word hatchet-face
Old nickname for the Common Puffin.
January 5, 2008