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Meaning of carrot-nosed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Having a carrot for a nose, as a snowman.
    not-comparable
  2. Having a large, ruddy nose somewhat resembling a carrot.
    not-comparable

Examples

“The carrot-nosed snowman shouted Merry Christmas! and zoomed off into the hills, but not before Ozzie got his picture for our cover.”
“"You're a carrot-nosed poltroon," said the Puddin' loudly".”
“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.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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