pramface

pramface
 n.— «Bristol has what is known in Britain as the look of the teen mum, the “pramface.”» —“A Mighty Wind blows through Republican convention” by Heather Mallick Rabble.ca (Canada) Sept. 9, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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