laughter lines
English
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Etymology
Especially visible when smiling or laughing.
Noun
laughter lines pl (plural only)
- Wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye.
- Synonym: crow's feet
- 1919, Cosmo Hamilton, Who Cares?:
- She wanted to hear his man's voice and see the laughter-lines come and go round his eyes.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laughter, lines.
- 1903, Ambrose Bierce, “The Saint and the Monk”, in Shapes of Clay:
- A fat, orbicular and jolly soul / With laughter-lines upon each rosy jowl
Further reading
- “laughter lines”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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