adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ruddy complexion (= reddish in colour – used mostly about men )
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He had black hair and a ruddy complexion.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
complexion
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He was a small man with a shock of white hair, and a ruddy complexion from his liking for port.
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He identified Davis as one of the people and described the other as a stocky woman with a ruddy complexion .
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No emotion showed on Dempster's impassive face, only a slight pallor in his normally ruddy complexion .
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Methuen was a good-looking man, tall and fair, with a ruddy complexion .
face
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Laz pumps my hand in a blustering manner that sends his straight hair bobbing over his ruddy face .
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His bearded, ruddy face looks out in all manner of advertising, barroom testimonials, shirts and other tourist items.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His bearded, ruddy face looks out in all manner of advertising, barroom testimonials, shirts and other tourist items.
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In his late forties he was tall and spare, with a ruddy skin and bright blue eyes.
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In the kitchen, Jonathon and Victoria, ruddy and brilliant with cold water, sat before untasted bowls of porridge.
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Laz pumps my hand in a blustering manner that sends his straight hair bobbing over his ruddy face.
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Mine itches the very moment I see the ruddy school letter.
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What a ruddy nightmare the whole blasted show is, he thought.