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Wat (wie) is po-faced - definitie

Quarry-Faced; Quarry-faced
  • Quarry-faced stone on the [[Inbal Jerusalem Hotel]]

po-faced      
If you describe someone as po-faced, you think that they are being unnecessarily serious about something. (BRIT)
Coltrane took a rather po-faced view of this.
ADJ [disapproval]
po-faced      
¦ adjective Brit. humourless and disapproving.
Origin
1930s: perh. from po 'chamber pot', influenced by poker-faced.
Po' boy         
  • A roast beef po' boy
  • Fried shrimp po' boy at [[Middendorf's]]
A PO' BOY ALMOST ALWAYS CONSISTS OF MEAT, WHICH IS USUALLY ROAST BEEF OR FRIED SEAFOOD, OFTEN SHRIMP, CRAWFISH, FISH, OYSTERS OR CRAB. THE MEAT IS SERVED ON NEW ORLEANS FRENCH BREAD, KNOWN FOR ITS CRISP CRUST AND FLUFFY CENTER.
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A po' boy (also po-boy, po boy, poor boy) is a sandwich originally from Louisiana. It almost always consists of meat, which is usually roast beef or some sort of fried seafood such as shrimp, crawfish, fish, oysters or crab.

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Quarry-faced stone

Quarry-faced stone is stone with a rough, unpolished surface, straight from the quarry.

Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor po-faced
1. But our po–faced US colleagues would be right about one thing.
2. From now on, our ancestors are going to stay where they are buried." Unduly po–faced Other Madagascans think church–goers who reject their traditions are being unduly po–faced.
3. Now, at this juncture some will doubtless accuse me of being a po–faced puritan.
4. Kate B Can anyone serve up a banality as po–faced and pretentiously as Garth Crooks?
5. "1'63 onwards, really," he answers instantly and po–faced, every inch the archivist.