They were people like Gordon, upper class men with stiff, and usually moustachioed, upper lips.

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There were abrasions on her left leg and on the inside of her upper lips.

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We don't wear our stiff upper lips on our sleeves (which is actually quite difficult to do).

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Upper lips remain stiff, and firmly buttoned.

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"We tend to think Brits all have stiff upper lips, but there was a period in our recent history when it was the fashion to go to seances - really hokey, overblown performances - and people wanted to believe them, " says Hall.

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Compressed lips, licking lips, hand covering mouth and rubbing upper lip.

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Mr. OWEN: The teeth, the lips, the soft palette, the upper palette, your gums, the structure of your jaw, all these things predicate how you're going to speak.

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The line of his jaw is symmetrical and his lips are full, the lower lip slightly thicker than the upper.

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