false a Anglo-Manx Dialect false-face 'a mask.' Comb ~ face.
   1981 SPARKES 120 And in they would come, all masked, some with false faces made of paper bags or muslin painted with all sorts of weird expressions. 1985 NEWHOOK 89 Some would be hooded or have false faces with flowing beards. 1988 MOMATIUK & EASTCOTT (eds) 137 We had on the real store-bought false faces. When you put on one of them, it's not very often anybody knows you.

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