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Definition of Cheeks
1. cheek [v] - See also: cheek
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheeks
Literary usage of Cheeks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Her cheeks are as red as the rose's sheen. — SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON. ... Her cheeks
like ripened lilies steeped in wine, Or fair pomegranate kernels washed in ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"He looked, therefore, and looked again, even till the springs that were in his
head sent the waters down his cheeks. (Zech. xii. 10. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1864)
"The shaven cheeks, upturned moustaches, and pointed beard at the bottom of the
chin, were very fashionable after the middle of the reign of James I. It was ..."
4. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"It is a nearly oval-shaped cavity, bounded in front by the lips, upon the sides
by the cheeks, behind by the soft palate and fauces. ..."
5. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"At the door Dante turned round violently and shouted down the room, her cheeks
flushed and quivering with rage: — Devil out of hell! We won! ..."
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