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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Pie-faced

0 In the phrase pie-faced actor (pertaining to Orson Welles), does this adjective have a pejorative conotation?Or does it have a kind of 01i00cute02i00 effect, or is it neutral, meaning simply round-headed? 0-
  

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0 I think it means he has a round face. 0-

  • 0 I think it means he has a round face.
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0 I think it means he has a round face. 0-
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0 Thanks pieane!! 0-
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0You're always welcome, Antonia! (f) , or rather 05000, but just for the rain!010id32
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0 Hi, 02br
00Trying to quote only from memory, I think that in MacBeth, our hero gets angry and says to someone 'The devil **** thee black, thou cream-faced loon'. 02br
00I've always liked that. And I've met a lot of cream-faced loons. 02br
00Clive 02br
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00PS added a moment later - how interesting, I wrote '****' with an 'a', and when
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0No, Clive! 05002br
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00No longer on the New Forums! No sensibilities protection anymore... It's all up to you!010id1

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