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cheeks

/t͡ʃiːks/ nom A2
  1. Ass; sex. (slang) · I'm going to go get some cheeks at the club tonight.
  2. Something bad or disappointing. (slang) · His last album was cheeks.
  3. the upright stones in a fireplace to which the bars are fixed
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“What, no wine?” said Dantès, turning pale, and looking alternately at the hollow cheeks of the old man and the empty cupboards.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 14 · C1
Sherlock Holmes’s eyes glistened, his pale cheeks took a warmer hue, and his whole eager face shone with an inward light when the call for work reached him.
The Valley of Fear, p. 19 · C1
There were milkmaids and shepherdesses, with brightly colored bodices and golden spots all over their gowns; and princesses with most gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple; and shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellow and blue stripes down them, and golden buckles on their shoes; and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads, wearing ermine robes and satin doublets; and funny clowns in ruffled gowns, with round red spots upon their cheeks and tall, pointed caps.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 129 · B2
The Clown put his hands in his pockets, and after puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at them saucily, he said:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 132 · B2

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