The old woman was not only ugly with the ugliness age brings us all bu…

P. J. O'Rourke
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The old woman was not only ugly with the ugliness age brings us all but showed signs of formidable ugliness by birth - pickle-jar chin, mainsail ears and a nose like a trigonometry problem. What's more, she had the deep frown and snit wrinkles that come from a lifetime of bad character. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke (2012). Holidays in Hell, p.145, Atlantic Books Ltd
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