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Copper nose   /kˈɑpər noʊz/   Listen
Copper nose

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, hammer nose, hypertrophic rosacea, potato nose, rhinophyma, rum-blossom, rum nose, toper's nose.






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"Copper nose" Quotes from Famous Books



... ago seen face to face so grizzly a memento, and of which in all human probability I never was to hear more, looked out dejectedly from the window, when, whom should I behold marching up the street, at slow time, towards the Salmon House, but the identical old soldier, cocked-hat, copper nose, great red single-breasted coat with its prodigious wide button-holes, leggings, cane, and all, just under ...
— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu



Words linked to "Copper nose" :   rhinopathy



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