weasel-faced in English

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      "form": "more weasel-faced",
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          "text": "\"Instead of being a rollicking bull-necked quarterstaff player with an eye for a wench and a good but untutored voice for roaring a roundelay, he's nothing but a weasel-faced herring-gutted wowser deliberately stuck in a cell to mislead travellers.\"",
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        "Having lean, sharp facial features."
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  "word": "weasel-faced"
}

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    {
      "form": "more weasel-faced",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most weasel-faced",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "Having lean, sharp facial features."
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          "sharp",
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  "word": "weasel-faced"
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"weasel-faced" meaning in English

Adjective