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potato nose

n. enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol [syn: rhinophyma, hypertrophic rosacea, toper's nose, brandy nose, rum nose, rum-blossom, hammer nose, copper nose]

Usage examples of "potato nose".

His companion, jug ears and potato nose making him look a farmer despite his beard, kept sweeping lanky hair from his forehead nervously.

Torean had a whole circle of laughing Cairhienin lordlings around him, though they might have been less amused by his jokes than by the way he swayed and rubbed at his potato nose.

His smile spread wide under the potato nose, wide and fatuous and tenderly reminiscent.

His face was white and rosy-cheeked, with blue eyes, a potato nose, and reddish hair, like the mythic warrior Ilya Muromets.

Her thinning blue-gray hair was set neatly above a smooth, plump face, broken only by the bifocal spectacles perched low on the bridge of her potato nose.