Citations:shit-eating grin

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English citations of shit-eating grin

  • 1987, James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia, The Mysterious Press, →ISBN, p. 115
    It was Lee, grinning a shit-eating grin, looking like a million tax-free dollars.
  • 1996, James Ellroy, My Dark Places, Vintage, →ISBN, p. 127
    Stephen Nash went to the gas chamber in August ’59. He spit some chewing gum at a chaplain right before they strapped him in. He sucked down the cyanide fumes with a big shit-eating grin.
  • 2001, Philip Preville, "Summit of the absurd," Montreal Monitor, 26 Apr. (retrieved 28 Jan. 2008),
    What I'm doing right now—lounging around, wearing a shit-eating grin—is the most irresponsible, despicable, reprehensible thing I could possibly do.
  • 2006, Ted Bell, Spy: A Thriller, →ISBN, p. 29,
    He was at the wheel of his brand-new 1965 GTO, top down, wearing a super-sized shit-eating grin on his face.
  • 2008, Saul Landau, "The Mindless Iran Strategy: Bush Snatches Defeat from Victory," counterpunch.org, 5 Jan. (retrieved 23 Jan. 2008),
    I can imagine him sporting his ubiquitous shit-eating grin and taking credit for international accomplishments.