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Cheek bone

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(Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.

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Her finely chiseled, clean-cut face, with something red Indian about the firm mouth and strongly marked cheek bones, showed even at that distance traces of the friction of the passing years.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
For a moment Dona Rita's face, with its narrow eyes, its wide brow, and high cheek bones, became very still; then her colour was a little heightened.
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The men were tall, straight and vigorous, with aquiline noses, and high cheek bones.
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