cauliflower ear en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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An ear swollen and deformed by repeated blows, common among boxers and rugby players.
A huge man with a notable cauliflower ear was peering into the car, a scowl of suspicion upon his face.
1928 February 25 – March 3, Arthur Conan Doyle, “When the World Screamed”, in The Professor Challenger Stories […], London: John Murray, […], published [1952], →OCLC, page 560:Having gone in a lot for boxing from his earliest years, he had the cauliflower ear of which I had spoken to Aunt Dahlia and in addition to this a nose which some hidden hand had knocked slightly out of the straight.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter III, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| cauliflower ears | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
af perskeoor (swollen and deformed outer ear) · de Blumenkohlohr (swollen and deformed outer ear) · ja 耳血腫 (swollen and deformed outer ear) · cy clust golifflŵar (swollen and deformed outer ear) · fr oreille en chou-fleur (swollen and deformed outer ear) · fi kukkakaalikorva (swollen and deformed outer ear) · de Ringerohr (swollen and deformed outer ear) · cy clust dew (swollen and deformed outer ear) · nb blomkåløre (swollen and deformed outer ear) · mk карфиолесто уво (swollen and deformed outer ear) · pl ucho zapaśnika (swollen and deformed outer ear) · da blomkålsøre (swollen and deformed outer ear) · cmn 柔道耳 (swollen and deformed outer ear)