adj. and subs. (common).—A hairless countenance. See quot. 1823.
1777. ISAAC JACKMAN, All the World’s a Stage, i. 2. Master Charles, who is that gentleman? He’s acting, isn’t he? Has he a MUFFIN-FACE?
1823. BADCOCK (‘Jon Bee’), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v. MUFFIN-FACED—one who has large protruding muscles on his phiz, which is pale withal, is ‘a MUFFIN-FACED son of a ——’; mostly cooks, idle gourmands, &c. who delight in fat, soups, and slip-slops, evolve mutton-faces.
