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rednosed en · ADJ

Etymology

From red + nosed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having a red nose.
    • Old Neil came in rednosed and shivering, his hair and beard encrusted with rime. 'It's that bad I must have peed icicles when I got up this morn,' he gasped. 2001, Oonagh Morrison, For promised joy, page 177:
    • Coming back from a low-level strafe four miles inside German lines, he heard the familiar crack of a whip and turned to see a rednosed Fokker biplane diving out of the clouds. 1976, Herbert Molloy Mason, The United States Air Force: a turbulent history:

Translations (4)

el κοκκινομύτης (having a red nose) · sv rödnäst (having a red nose) · fi punanenäinen (having a red nose) · ru красноносый (having a red nose)