face like a bag of spanners

noun

A very ugly face.

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Meanings

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

plural faces like bags of spanners

  1. UKhumorousinformalA very ugly face.

    More wrinkles than a tortoise, face like a bag of spanners.

    2009, Ron Clooney, A Measure of Wheat for a Penny, page 275
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    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

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

face like a bag of spanners. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/face%20like%20a%20bag%20of%20spanners

MLA

“face like a bag of spanners.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/face%20like%20a%20bag%20of%20spanners. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “face like a bag of spanners,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/face%20like%20a%20bag%20of%20spanners.

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