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grin from ear to ear

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grin from ear to ear

to give a very big smile. He was grinning from ear to ear, as if he had just won the lottery.

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"Well," says he with a sudden grin from ear to ear, "I never knew him keep any of you gentlemen so long. Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context He never leaves off making queer faces, and is the delight of all the rest, who grin from ear to ear incessantly. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

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