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face like a smacked arse

face like a smacked arse noun: the face of someone who looks depressed.

Noun

face like a smacked arse (plural faces like smacked arses)

  1. (Ireland, Northern England, mildly, slang, vulgar, simile) The face of someone who looks depressed.

Synonyms of face like a smacked arse

Forms of face like a smacked arse

pluralfaces like smacked arses
alternative formface like a smacked ass

Questions about face like a smacked arse

What does face like a smacked arse mean?
Face like a smacked arse means the face of someone who looks depressed.
What part of speech is face like a smacked arse?
Face like a smacked arse is a noun.
What is the plural of face like a smacked arse?
The plural of face like a smacked arse is faces like smacked arses.

Words near face like a smacked arse in the dictionary

  1. face like a bag of spanners
  2. face like a fiddle
  3. face like a slapped arse
  4. face like a slapped ass
  5. face like a slapped bum
  6. face like a smacked arse
  7. face like a smacked ass
  8. face like a smacked bum
  9. face like the back end of a bus
  10. face like thunder
  11. face man

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