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Definition of po-faced adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

po-faced

adjective

/ˌpəʊ ˈfeɪst/

/ˌpəʊ ˈfeɪst/

(British English, informal, disapproving)

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looking very serious and as though you do not approve of somebody/something
Word Origin1930s: perhaps from po ‘chamber pot’, influenced by poker-faced.

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