Meaning of ski-jump nose | Babel Free

Definitions

A long nose with an inwardly curving ridge and a tip that curves somewhat upward, resembling the shape of a downhill ramp used in the sport of ski jumping.

idiomatic

Examples

“[T]he liberal Democratic image of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as a jowly, blue-jawed villain with a ski-jump nose has receded in the light⟳ of his growing stature.”

“There's a feline swish to her figure⟳. . . . The image does not go away as you take⟳ in her slow eyes, long, ski-jump nose and thin upper lip.”

“In reference to his famous profile, dominated by his ski-jump nose, Mr. Hope⟳ once commented that after his birth, "My mother thought the doctor had left the stork and taken the baby."”

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