unsmirkingadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > simpering or smirking > not
unsmirking1750
1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 18 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1493 An open, cheerful, but unsmirking countenance.
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adj.1750- to pluck the grass to know where the wind sits
- to pluck the low-hanging fruit
- to pluck the lowhanging fruit
- to pluck the proctor's gown
- to pluck the ribbon
- to pluck up
- to pluck up courage
- to pluck up etc
- to pluck up heart
- to pluck up one's courage
- to pluck up one's etc
- to pluck up one's heart
- to pluck up one's resolution
- to pluck up one's spirits
- to pluck up resolution
- to pluck up spirits
- to plug and play
- to plug back
- to plug off
- to plumb the depths
- to plush it
- to ply it
- to ply or ride the toby
- to ply out
- to ply the labouring oar