hatchet face

a thin face with sharp features.

Origin of hatchet face

First recorded in 1640–50

hatch·et-faced, adjective

The hatchet-face in turn shouted something to the men behind.

The Pathless Trail |Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
Then both parties waited while the hunters reported what they knew to the hatchet-face.

The Pathless Trail |Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
She showed it in her face—a hatchet-face at best behind the plentiful sprinkling of freckles that adorned it.

The Corner House Girls Growing Up |Grace Brooks Hill
He have hatchet-face; Ba'teese no like a man with a hatchet-face.

The White Desert |Courtney Ryley Cooper

Down to the shore of the creek trooped the party, followed closely by the hatchet-face and a score of tribesmen.

The Pathless Trail |Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel