Philip had once told him of a man who had a horse-shoe frown, and Tom had tried with all his frowning-might to make a horse-shoe on his forehead

He encounters some obstacle in his train of reasoning ... and then a frown passes like a shadow over his brow.

The smile and the frown are both indicated and the operation of a motor driven flasher causes the face to look happy and sad in turn.

1931, “Turn That Frown Upside Down, Smile at the Cock-eyed World”, Joe Young (lyrics), Sam Stept (music):

Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon.

Let us frown the impudent fellow into silence.

Frank frowned his displeasure with my proposal.

As the band paused between songs, a gust of wind blew a distinctive Worthy Farm odour in the direction of drummer/vocalist Julien Ehrich: “Wow,” he frowned, “this place smells of cow shit.”

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