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conky

conky adjective: having a prominent nose.

Adjective

conky (comparative more conky, superlative most conky)

  1. (slang) Having a prominent nose.
    • In history, which duke and general, born in 1769, was nicknamed 'Old Conky'?2001, The Weakest Link Quiz Book, page 71
    • He had taken his place amidst cheering and table-bumping alongside Stonker Watkins, the presiding Lucifer, a conky bespectacled giant with a crimson nose, […]2011, Glyn Jones, The Valley, the City, the Village
  2. (slang) Of the nose, prominent.
    • But when he saw that the goat had a fine conky nose and handsome curly whiskers [...] Egbert let out one yell and bolted straight across the strawberry beds.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 3

Forms of conky

comparativemore conky
superlativemost conky

Origin of conky

From conk + -y.

Phrases with conky

Questions about conky

What does conky mean?
Conky means having a prominent nose.
What part of speech is conky?
Conky is an adjective.

Words near conky in the dictionary

  1. Conkright
  2. Conkrights
  3. conks
  4. conks off
  5. conks out
  6. conky
  7. Conky Joe
  8. Conky Joes
  9. Conlan
  10. conlang
  11. conlanged

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