high-cheekboner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of box checker (“someone who is counted in an organization as representing a minority ethnic group but who is so assimilated into the dominant culture that their ethnic status becomes meaningless”).

Word forms

high-cheekboner high-cheekboners

Etymology

From high + cheekbone + -er.

Synonyms

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