Cheekboned

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a specific type of cheekbone not-comparable

    "One young, long-sideburned riding instructor had been a successful account executive in a leading New York ad agency; another riding instructor, a high-cheekboned blond girl, had worked as a research chemist in Chicago."

Example

More examples

"One young, long-sideburned riding instructor had been a successful account executive in a leading New York ad agency; another riding instructor, a high-cheekboned blond girl, had worked as a research chemist in Chicago."

Etymology

From cheekbone + -ed.

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