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conky en · ADJ

Etymology

From conk + -y.

Meanings

  1. (slang) Having a prominent nose.
    • He had taken his place amidst cheering and table-bumping alongside Stonker Watkins, the presiding Lucifer, a conky bespectacled giant with a crimson nose, […] 2011, Glyn Jones, The Valley, the City, the Village:
    • In history, which duke and general, born in 1769, was nicknamed 'Old Conky'? 2001, The Weakest Link Quiz Book, page 71:
  2. (slang) Of the nose, prominent.
    • But when he saw that the goat had a fine conky nose and handsome curly whiskers [...] Egbert let out one yell and bolted straight across the strawberry beds. 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 3:

Forms

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more conky Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most conky Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

Conky Joe