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Cupid's bow   /kjˈupɪdz baʊ/   Listen
Cupid's bow

noun
1.
The double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow.
2.
A curved bow with reversed curve ends.






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"Cupid's bow" Quotes from Famous Books



... a delicate oval of the same creamy smoothness as Asako's But the chin, which in Asako's case receded a trifle in obedience to Japanese canons of beauty, was thrust vigorously forward; and the curved lips in their Cupid's bow seemed moulded for kissing by generations of European passions, whereas about Japanese mouths there is always something sullen and pinched and colourless. The bridge of her nose and her eyes of deep olive green, the eyes of ...
— Kimono • John Paris

... heavily veiled. But, for all that, he knew how lovely was the face that veil concealed, how bright the eyes, how charming the dimples, how white the pearly teeth, how sweet the ripe red cheeks, so like Cupid's bow. ...
— Jolly Sally Pendleton - The Wife Who Was Not a Wife • Laura Jean Libbey

... swains, Their rural sports and jocund strains, (Heaven guard us all from Cupid's bow!) He lost his crook, he left his flocks; And wandering through the lonely rocks, ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell

... Juno and Minerva—the whole Greek and any other goddesses rolled into one! Tall and willowy, superb of figure, great dark-blue eyes, masses of blue-black wavy hair, full red lips forming a perfect Cupid's bow. But why go on—I might get too enthusiastic, and mislead the reader. After my adventure I never saw the ...
— The Secrets of the German War Office • Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves



Words linked to "Cupid's bow" :   curved shape, bow, curve



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