Po-faced
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpəʊ.feɪst/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Po-faced is an adjective meaning (British) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish.
Meaning
(British) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish.
More Meanings
- (British) Poker-faced.
Example Sentences
I mean, you would never guess if you came up from the South to Edinburgh in August that it is such a po-faced, humourless place, now would you?
Nae hassle man . . . I'll git oaf the skag, and Saughton's barry fir hash. It'll be a piece ay pish likesay . . . he sais, as he's escorted away by a po–faced labdick.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include horse-faced, hardlooking, frownful, brinded, scowlful, crabfaced.
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