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phiz
noun as in face
noun as in physiognomy
Example Sentences
The father's great red face, with its peaked yellow beard, contrasts touchingly, somehow, with the wee pale phiz of his little son.
"Take off your goold specs, Ag; let's see your Dimmycratic phiz out and out!" said Flan Sucker at the top of his voice, from the outskirts of the assemblage.
The little steamer that makes the tour of Lake Leman, began to "phiz" by sunrise directly under the windows of our hotel.
“Give it to us! give it to us!” echoed the whole company, getting an inkling, from the solemn phiz of the old gentleman, that something rich was in the wind.
I never saw the fellow before he came here, but I've made the acquaintance of his phiz in the rogue's gallery.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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