face job

English

Alternative forms

  • face-job
  • facejob

Etymology

From face +‎ job, after nose job.

Noun

face job (plural face jobs)

  1. (informal, surgery) A plastic surgical procedure to alter the appearance of the face, particularly for cosmetic reasons.
    Hyponyms: face lift, rhytidectomy
    • 1964, Mickey Spillane, chapter 3, in Day of the Guns, Signet Books, page 19:
      "Who did the face job... the plastic surgery? You look great. The lines don't show at all."
    • 2001, Cliff Chandler, chapter 11, in Vengeance Is Mine..., Writers Club Press, page 38:
      “We're going back to New York. I want you to get a face job, and while you're healing we'll cool it for a while. We have enough money,” Juan said.
    • 2001, Leonard S. Goldberg, chapter 35, in Fatal Care, Signet Books, page 310:
      She and David had talked several times about what to do if either of them was on the run and in real trouble. Go to Costa Rica and get a face job and a new passport photo to match. Then come back to the United States with a new identity. "Costa Rica, huh?"

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