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cauliflower ear

noun

Definitions

  1. An ear swollen and deformed by repeated blows, common among boxers and rugby players.

    • A huge man with a notable cauliflower ear was peering into the car, a scowl of suspicion upon his face.
    • Having gone in a lot for boxing from his earliest years, he had the cauliflower ear of which I had spoken to Aunt Dahlia and in addition to this a nose which some hidden hand had knocked slightly out of the straight.

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