OFF-THE-FACE Definition & Meaning

off-the-face

[ awf-thuh-feys, of- ]

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adjective

(of a woman's hat) made without a brim.
(of a woman's hairdo) not covering, framing, or shading the face.

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Origin of off-the-face¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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And Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, in court last year suing each other for defamation, wore sharp, tidy suits and clean-looking, off-the-face hairstyles while they traded allegations of drunken, drug-addled abuses.

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With the trend to off-the-face hats, brims had become ornamental windcatchers, offering no facial shelter from the sun.

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She wore an "unselfish" off-the-face hat and the parasol failed to save her Scottish skin from Southern sunburn.

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From demure “Pokes” or off-the-face Beret-Tams to wide-brimmed, streamer-gay Straws—for the Junior.

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