rich face

noun

A face or nose that is heavily covered with acne.

Meanings

noun
  1. datedderogatoryslangA face or nose that is heavily covered with acne.

    He was so poor, that he had not so much as a rich face, nor the promise of a carbuncle in it, so that I must needs say that his outside was poet enough.

    1829, Lord King, The Life of John Locke, With Extracts from His Correspondence, Journals, and Common-place Books, page 19
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