Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a flat, broad face, as the Eskimos and some Asiatic peoples.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a broad, flat face.
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Examples
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For some time Ferrol watched the proceedings with a casual eye, but presently he begged his hostess that she would leave the tall, old oak clock where it was in the big hall, and that the new, platter-faced office clock, intended for its substitute, be hung up in the kitchen.
The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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For some time Ferrol watched the proceedings with a casual eye, but presently he begged his hostess that she would leave the tall, old oak clock where it was in the big hall, and that the new, platter-faced office clock, intended for its substitute, be hung up in the kitchen.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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For some time Ferrol watched the proceedings with a casual eye, but presently he begged his hostess that she would leave the tall, old oak clock where it was in the big hall, and that the new, platter-faced office clock, intended for its substitute, be hung up in the kitchen.
The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897
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Don Quixote had by this time placed himself on his knees beside Sancho, and, with eyes starting out of his head and a puzzled gaze, was regarding her whom Sancho called queen and lady; and as he could see nothing in her except a village lass, and not a very well-favoured one, for she was platter-faced and snub-nosed, he was perplexed and bewildered, and did not venture to open his lips.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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Don Quixote had by this time placed himself on his knees beside Sancho, and, with eyes starting out of his head and a puzzled gaze, was regarding her whom Sancho called queen and lady; and as he could see nothing in her except a village lass, and not a very well-favoured one, for she was platter-faced and snub-nosed, he was perplexed and bewildered, and did not venture to open his lips.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 20 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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Don Quixote had by this time placed himself on his knees beside Sancho, and, with eyes starting out of his head and a puzzled gaze, was regarding her whom Sancho called queen and lady; and as he could see nothing in her except a village lass, and not a very well-favoured one, for she was platter-faced and snub-nosed, he was perplexed and bewildered, and did not venture to open his lips.
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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