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button one's lip

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"I verily believe they're gone to look at my button," cried Davy, beginning to laugh, in spite of his fears.

He paled a little, and sucked his lip, his eyes wandering to the girl, who stood in stolid inapprehension of what was being said.

The eyebrows were low and thick, the upper lip was sensitive, quivering sometimes as she talked, but the lower was firm and full.

ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON

Ze under lip rather retires, and this adds to the receding effect of the chin, you see.

CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU

Louis turned at the exclamation, and looked on the faithful servant; but no tear was in his eye, no sound on his lip.

A huge piece of black court plaister hid the wound on his swollen lip, a cup of tisane stood upon the table.

With her little satin shoe she tapped the carpet, biting her under lip and seeming to be listening.

DOPESAX ROHMER

There were a few freckles on her face, and a small, dark mole near the under lip and one on the temple, half-hidden in her hair.

When Fate has first granted just a sip of the wine of success the slip between the cup and lip comes hardest.

The manipulation of the mouth and lip to produce the tone desired is called voicing and calls for considerable artistic skill.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985