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banana-nose

banana-nose is the alternative form of banana nose.

Meaning of banana nose

Noun

banana nose (plural banana noses)

  1. (idiomatic) A large, unusually long nose.
    • The man with the banana nose was on my right.2003, Lawrence Gordon Knudsen, The Clock Struck Terror: A Professor Bates Novel, →ISBN, page 113
  2. (capitalized, idiomatic, mildly, offensive, sometimes) A person having such a nose.
    • But 30 years ago, it was a pleasure to relax at the track—win or lose. The only remark I ever heard made to a jockey by a fan in those days was a friendly "Hey, banana nose" addressed to the great Eddie Arcaro.1985 June 30, Robert N. Strauss, “Letters: Ugly Fans at Track”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 Feb 2018

Forms of banana-nose

pluralbanana-noses

Questions about banana-nose

What is banana-nose the alternative form of?
Banana-nose is the alternative form of banana nose.

Words near banana-nose in the dictionary

  1. banana yuccas
  2. banana-bender
  3. banana-benders
  4. banana-ey
  5. banana-like
  6. banana-nose
  7. banana-phile
  8. banana-philes
  9. banana-shaped
  10. banana-y
  11. bananabird

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