ruby-faced

Updated: July 1, 2026

I lunched at the auberge, and I had for my companion a ruby-faced cattle-dealer of about fifty. He spent his life chiefly in a trap, followed by an old cattle-dog of formidable build and determined expression of mouth. This animal was now lying down near the table, so tired and footsore from almost perpetual running that he thought it too much trouble to get up and eat.

Edward Harrison Barker - Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine

Beside him is a ruby-faced Sompnour, whose breath stinks of garlic and onions, who is ever roaring for wine, strong wine, wine red as blood; and when drunk, he disdains English, nothing but Latin will serve his turn. In front of all is a Miller, who has been drinking over-night, and is now but indifferently sober.

Alexander Smith - Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country