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button noses

button noses is the plural of button nose.

Meaning of button nose

Noun

button nose (plural button noses)

  1. (idiomatic) A nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.
    • She had little features, a button nose, a pretty chin and a long graceful neck.1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 2, in Tono Bungay
  2. (idiomatic) A person having such a nose.
    • Surprisingly, the film is delightful—mostly because of 15-year-old Hayley Mills, the blonde button nose who played the endearing delinquent in Tiger Bay.1961 July 7, “Cinema: Adults Are Boobs”, in Time, retrieved 17 May 2014

Questions about button noses

What is button noses the plural of?
Button noses is the plural of button nose.

Words near button noses in the dictionary

  1. button mashing
  2. button men
  3. button mushroom
  4. button mushrooms
  5. button nose
  6. button noses
  7. button one's lip
  8. button plant
  9. button punch
  10. button punches
  11. button pusher

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