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cribbage-faced

cribbage-faced adjective: of a person: having a pockmarked face.

Adjective

cribbage-faced (comparative more cribbage-faced, superlative most cribbage-faced)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Of a person: having a pockmarked face.

Forms of cribbage-faced

comparativemore cribbage-faced
superlativemost cribbage-faced

Origin of cribbage-faced

Allusion to the holes in a cribbage board.

Questions about cribbage-faced

What does cribbage-faced mean?
Cribbage-faced means of a person: having a pockmarked face.
What part of speech is cribbage-faced?
Cribbage-faced is an adjective.

Words near cribbage-faced in the dictionary

  1. crib-biting
  2. Cribb
  3. cribbage
  4. cribbage board
  5. cribbage boards
  6. cribbage-faced
  7. cribbages
  8. cribbed
  9. cribber
  10. cribbers
  11. cribbing

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