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  • Smith had sent him to Key West three days before, to "await further instructions," as the lemon-faced New Englander had put it.

    ...And Nail 2010

  • Ever get lemon-faced when someone brags about his kids at work?

    The Daily Carrot Principle Adrian Gostick 2010

  • Ever get lemon-faced when someone brags about his kids at work?

    The Daily Carrot Principle Adrian Gostick 2010

  • Ever get lemon-faced when someone brags about his kids at work?

    The Daily Carrot Principle Adrian Gostick 2010

  • But then that would involve lemon-faced prudes like La Harman admitting that some women actually want to be prostitutes and make money by having sex with men.

    Harman Contemplates Her Canute Moment 2007

  • But then that would involve lemon-faced prudes like La Harman admitting that some women actually want to be prostitutes and make money by having sex with men.

    Archive 2007-12-16 2007

  • In and out of the ditch-like trenches lay the Spanish dead, lemon-faced corpses dressed in shabby blue-and-white ticking.

    The Second Generation 1899

  • In and out of the ditch-like trenches lay the Spanish dead, lemon-faced corpses dressed in shabby blue-and-white ticking.

    The Second Generation 1899

  • Talk about your lemon-faced flight attendants … I've never once gotten a smile out of any of them.

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2010

  • The buyer who gets that (hypothetical) house in multiple offers for over list price is more pleased with that purchase than the lemon-faced buyer of today who's sulking at closing because she locked in a 4.5% interest rate and could have done better by waiting.

    Austin Bloggers: Austin Metablog 2010

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