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carrot-nosed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having a carrot for a nose, as a snowman.
    • The carrot-nosed snowman shouted Merry Christmas! and zoomed off into the hills, but not before Ozzie got his picture for our cover. 1966 December 14, Boys' Life, volume liv, page 3:
  2. (not-comparable) Having a large, ruddy nose somewhat resembling a carrot.
    • "You're a carrot-nosed poltroon," said the Puddin' loudly". 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 140:
    • Elijah's conversations with Esther used to be about jazz and soul artists and religion. Now she would wax lyrical about how she detested right-wing groups like the National Front and neo-Nazis and found any opportunity to insult Margaret Thatcher, whom she often called “the carrot-nosed witch.” 2020, Leke Apena, A Prophet Who Loved Her: