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faces like bags of spanners

faces like bags of spanners is the plural of face like a bag of spanners.

Meaning of face like a bag of spanners

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

Questions about faces like bags of spanners

What is faces like bags of spanners the plural of?
Faces like bags of spanners is the plural of face like a bag of spanners.

Words near faces like bags of spanners in the dictionary

  1. faces as long as fiddles
  2. faces down
  3. faces facts
  4. faces for radio
  5. faces for television
  6. faces like bags of spanners
  7. faces like fiddles
  8. faces like smacked arses
  9. faces like smacked asses
  10. faces like smacked bums
  11. faces like thunder

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