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[ adjective ] used especially of fabrics; having puckers

Used in print

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

Calloused fingers , caressed only by the smoothness of polished rosaries , had swayed excitedly beneath puckered chins where tiny black hairs sprouted , never to be tweezed away .

Related terms

rough

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[ adjective ] (used of the skin of the face) contracted into wrinkles

Synonyms

puckered-up

Examples

"a puckered-up mouth waiting to be kissed" "her mischievous puckered nose"

Related terms

wrinkled

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