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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Perhaps from po 'chamber pot' (19-20 centuries), from French pot, influenced by poker-faced

po-faced

 adjective
     
po-faced British English informal
having an unfriendly disapproving expression on your face
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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