chitty-faced, a. Obs. or dial.
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Having a thin pinched face; child-faced, girl-faced.
| a 1622 Middleton More Dissemblers iii. ii, A tender, puling, nice, chitty fac'd squall 'tis. 1695 Congreve Love for L. iv. xiii, Squabbling with yon Chitty-faced thing as he would have me marry. 1794 Godwin Cal. Williams 70 Brow-beaten by a chitty-faced girl? 1877 N.W. Lincolnsh. Gloss., Chitty-faced, baby-faced. 1881 Leicestersh. Gloss., Chitty-faced, with white, pinched features. |