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Definition of "red-cheeked" [red-cheeked]

  • In ornithology, having red lores; as, the red-cheeked coly, Colius erythromelas.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "red-cheeked" in a sentence
  • "It was a toddler of perhaps fifteen months or so—blonde, blue-eyed, red-cheeked, dressed in a yellow snowsuit against the chill of the November air."
  • "The mention of Bavaria may still conjure up images of rowdy beer halls, oompah bands and red-cheeked folk in dirndl and lederhosen, but the state capital, Munich, is revamping itself as Germany's answer to silicon valley."
  • "Hmm, said Sadhana, skirting the slope where the Canada geese were pecking at popcorn a little red-cheeked Japanese boy and his family were throwing for them."
Words like "red-cheeked"
black-whiskered
fair-haired
fair-skinned
fine-looking
flaxen-haired
fresh-coloured
golden-haired
grey-haired
keen-faced
pink-cheeked
pleasant-faced
rosy-cheeked
sandy-haired
snub-nosed
white-skinned