phiz
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of phiz
Abbreviation of physiognomy
Example Sentences
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The father's great red face, with its peaked yellow beard, contrasts touchingly, somehow, with the wee pale phiz of his little son.
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"Take off your goold specs, Ag; let's see your Dimmycratic phiz out and out!" said Flan Sucker at the top of his voice, from the outskirts of the assemblage.
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The little steamer that makes the tour of Lake Leman, began to "phiz" by sunrise directly under the windows of our hotel.
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“Give it to us! give it to us!” echoed the whole company, getting an inkling, from the solemn phiz of the old gentleman, that something rich was in the wind.
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I never saw the fellow before he came here, but I've made the acquaintance of his phiz in the rogue's gallery.
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