laughter lines

noun

Etymology

Especially visible when smiling or laughing.

Definitions

  1. Wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye.

    • She wanted to hear his man's voice and see the laughter-lines come and go round his eyes.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laughter, lines.

    • A fat, orbicular and jolly soul / With laughter-lines upon each rosy jowl

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for laughter lines. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA