carrot-nosed

Meanings

adjectivecarrot-nosed (not comparable)

not comparableHaving a carrot for a nose, as a snowman.
The carrot-nosed snowman shouted Merry Christmas! and zoomed off into the hills, but not before Ozzie got his picture for our cover.
1966 December 29, Boys' Life, volume liv, page 3
not comparableHaving a large, ruddy nose somewhat resembling a carrot.
"You're a carrot-nosed poltroon," said the Puddin' loudly".
1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 140
1 more example
Elijah's conversations with Esther used to be about jazz and soul artists and religion. Now she would wax lyrical about how she detested right-wing groups like the National Front and neo-Nazis and found any opportunity to insult Margaret Thatcher, whom she often called “the carrot-nosed witch.”
2020, Leke Apena, A Prophet Who Loved Her

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