Meanings
- datedderogatoryslangA face or nose that is heavily covered with acne.
He was so poor, that he had not so much as a rich face, nor the promise of a carbuncle in it, so that I must needs say that his outside was poet enough.
1829, Lord King, The Life of John Locke, With Extracts from His Correspondence, Journals, and Common-place Books, page 19
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