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red-nosed, a.
Having a red nose. Also transf. in names of birds, etc.
1607E. Sharpham The Fleire ii. D, Shall we haue red-nos'd Corporals here? 1666Pepys Diary (1879) III. 467 A long red-nosed silly jade. 1782Wolcott (P. Pindar) Odes to R.A.'s vi. 16 Old red-nos'd Wilson's art. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 602 Red-nosed kidney [potato]. 1821Latham Gen. Hist. Birds I. 201 Red-Nosed Falcon... Inhabits Senegal. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xlvi, The doctor was a red-nosed gentleman. 1861H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xlviii, Here's the rid-nosed oysther of Carlingford. |