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rednosed

rednosed adjective: having a red nose.

Adjective

rednosed (not comparable)

  1. Having a red nose.
    • Coming back from a low-level strafe four miles inside German lines, he heard the familiar crack of a whip and turned to see a rednosed Fokker biplane diving out of the clouds.1976, Herbert Molloy Mason, The United States Air Force: a turbulent history
    • Old Neil came in rednosed and shivering, his hair and beard encrusted with rime. 'It's that bad I must have peed icicles when I got up this morn,' he gasped.2001, Oonagh Morrison, For promised joy, page 177

Origin of rednosed

From red + nosed.

Questions about rednosed

What does rednosed mean?
Rednosed means having a red nose.
What part of speech is rednosed?
Rednosed is an adjective.

Words near rednosed in the dictionary

  1. rednecks
  2. rednecky
  3. redner
  4. redness
  5. rednesses
  6. rednosed
  7. RedNote
  8. Rednour
  9. Rednours
  10. redo
  11. redoability

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