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Meaning: (idiomatic)Ashockinglyunattractiveface.1891March 20, “The Mystery Still Deep: Queer story told by a strange young Englishman”, inNew York Times, page 5:He described the thug as a very ugly and wicked-looking man, with aface that "would stop a clock".1927, “Editorial Comment: Thinking Statistically”, inEducational Research Bulletin, volume 6, number 7, page142:We realize that all women are fair only in theory and that if we arranged them in the order of fairness we should have at one end the face that launched a thousand ships and at the other end theface that would stop a clock.2004July 4, Barbara Hall, “Bookwise: Questions”, inSunday Times, UK, retrieved5 July 2008:Archie was an artist, finely chiselled, "the type girls go for like catnip." He . . . was expected to marry an American heiress. But she loved a muscular curate with aface that would stop a clock.; (idiomatic)Ashockinglyattractiveface.1983,John Cougar Mellencamp,Pink Houses:Hey darlin'I can remember whenyou could stop a clock.
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