Meanings
colloquialchubby facial cheek with a red/reddish complexion (especially of a child)
Translation: 1944, Thomas Mann: Joseph and His Brothers. Volume 2: The Young Joseph, A. A. Knopf, New York, p. 62 (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 6, 2015): „Meine Pausbacken sind ebenfalls zart und weich“, bemerkte Benjamin und befühlte mit beiden Handflächen seine Wangen.“My chubby cheeks are soft and tender too,” Benjamin remarked, and felt his cheeks with both his little palms.