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long face

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a long face
if you have a long face, you look sad. 'Why've you got such a long face?' 'My boyfriend doesn't want to see me any more.'
See also: face, long
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He was rather a melancholy young man, with a long face not unlike a pessimistic horse.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
The ould divil himself niver behild sich a long face as he pet an
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
He did not weep nor groan any more, but his long face was quite solemn and his big ears hung dejectedly on each side of it.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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