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Rum-blossom   /rəm-blˈɑsəm/   Listen
Rum-blossom

noun
1.
Enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol.  Synonyms: brandy nose, copper nose, hammer nose, hypertrophic rosacea, potato nose, rhinophyma, rum nose, toper's nose.






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"Rum-blossom" Quotes from Famous Books



... the drunkard. Sometimes, after a man has been using alcohol a long time, the blood-vessels of his face remain enlarged all the time. This makes his nose grow too fast, and so in time it gets too large, and then he has a rum-blossom. ...
— First Book in Physiology and Hygiene • J.H. Kellogg



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