pasty-faced

Updated: May 29, 2025

"Like a top!" chimed in pasty-faced Peterkin, the valet's son, to be in fashion. "I didn't sleep much myself; in fact, not at all," said Hugo Mallin. "Oh, ho!" groaned Pilzer, the butcher's son, with a broad grin that made a crease in the liver patch on his cheek. "You see, it's a new experience for me," Hugo explained in a drawl, his face drawn as a mask.

Frederick Palmer - The Last Shot

Chonkina! Chonkina! As though in answer to his incantation, Geoffrey suddenly came upon Wigram. Wigram had been a fellow-passenger on board the steamer. He was an old Etonian; and this was really the only bond between the two men. For Wigram was short, fat and flabby, dull-eyed and pasty-faced. He spoke with a drawl; he had literary pretensions and he was travelling for pleasure.

John Paris - Kimono