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Definition of Dogfaces
1. dogface [n] - See also: dogface
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogfaces
Literary usage of Dogfaces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-land: Together with Personal Reminiscences of the by William Richard Hughes (1893)
"Miserable distorted blockheads, the generality: ape-faces, imp-faces, angry
dogfaces, heavy sullen ox-faces; degraded underfoot perverse creatures, ..."
2. Coptic Texts by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1915)
"And when the gate-keeper of the city saw the dogfaces, he went and told the
governor of the city, and he said unto him, ..."
3. The Cradle of the Blue Nile: A Visit to the Court of King John of Ethiopia by Emilius Albert De Cosson (1877)
"K. fired among them, and one of the biggest dogfaces uttered a loud scream, and
began licking his foot; but his companions crowded round him, ..."
4. The Spirit of the Age by William Henry Channing (1850)
"... with "ape-faces, imp-faces, angry dogfaces, heavy sullen ox-faces, degraded
under-foot, perverse wretches." There can be no mistake about this. ..."
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