banana nose

Definitions

1. 1

   A large, unusually long nose.

   • The man with the banana nose was on my right.
   • Shortly before giving an exam, Throckmorton puts on a pair of Elmo slippers, a banana nose and a funny hat.
   • With his banana nose, hunched shoulders and hustling ways, Matthau's Buttermaker had an unmistakably Nixonian cast.
2. 2

   A person having such a nose.

   • But 30 years ago, it was a pleasure to relax at the track—win or lose. The only remark I ever heard made to a jockey by a fan in those days was a friendly "Hey, banana nose" addressed to the great Eddie Arcaro.
   • Sometimes the kids at school call me Banana Split, and when my father heard the name, he said, "You mean Banana Nose. You always had a big nose."
   • “How many, young Millar?” asked Flanders, a giant with tight clothes, lambchop sideburns, a ruddy complexion and an enormous nose that defied gravity. The kids called him Banana Nose.

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