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face like a bag of spanners

face like a bag of spanners noun: a very ugly face.

Noun

face like a bag of spanners (plural faces like bags of spanners)

  1. (UK, humorous, informal) A very ugly face.
    • Everyone is used to it now, David and Victoria Beckham are the King and Queen of the tabloids and every half-decent footballer is a star and a pin-up, even if he's got a face like a bag of spanners.2006, Robbie Fowler, David Maddock, Fowler: My Autobiography, page 105
    • More wrinkles than a tortoise, face like a bag of spanners.2009, Ron Clooney, A Measure of Wheat for a Penny, page 275

Forms of face like a bag of spanners

pluralfaces like bags of spanners

Questions about face like a bag of spanners

What does face like a bag of spanners mean?
Face like a bag of spanners means a very ugly face.
What part of speech is face like a bag of spanners?
Face like a bag of spanners is a noun.
What is the plural of face like a bag of spanners?
The plural of face like a bag of spanners is faces like bags of spanners.

Words near face like a bag of spanners in the dictionary

  1. face fucks
  2. face fungus
  3. face job
  4. face lift
  5. face lifts
  6. face like a bag of spanners
  7. face like a fiddle
  8. face like a slapped arse
  9. face like a slapped ass
  10. face like a slapped bum
  11. face like a smacked arse

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