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(Of the nose) turned up
Answer for the clue "(Of the nose) turned up ", 9 letters:
retrousse
Alternative clues for the word retrousse
Word definitions for retrousse in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (used of noses) turned up at the end; "a retrousse nose"; "a small upturned nose" [syn: tip-tilted , upturned ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Turned up, as in describing the nose.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"turned up" (of the nose), 1802, from French retroussé (16c.) past participle adjective from retrousser "to turn up."
Usage examples of retrousse.
Jessie addressed herself to the intervening wedge of cartilege, that perfect, perfectly memorized, retrousse nose.
Zebbie stopped to kiss Deety's retroussé nose and added, "Sharpie, Gay can't handle the full Number of the Beast and anyhow Jake locked off most of it.
It disgusted Rachel, her theory being that it was not for cosmetic reasons these girls got operated on so much, as that the hook nose is traditionally the sign of the Jew and the retrousse nose the sign of the WASP or White Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the movies and advertisements.