rednosed
adjEtymology From red + nosed.
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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: