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old face

noun

  1. printing a type style that originated in the 18th century, characterized by little contrast between thick and thin strokes Compare modern
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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I hope you remember this mean, old face.

From Slate

More than 1 in 10 Thai children under 5 years old face what researchers call a “double burden of malnutrition” that leaves some struggling with obesity and others lagging behind growth targets.

From Salon

I looked him in the face, that old face again.

Bent in every conceivable way by time, she had two things that fought the age: absolutely perfect white teeth that flashed from the wrinkled old face like beacons of youth and a voice that was so beautiful, soft, low, and Southern, it seemed to have been dipped in honey.

The actor, who is perhaps best known for starring in the ‘80s sitcom “Family Ties” and being actor Jason Bateman’s big sister, got candid this month about the internet telling her she has an old face.

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