Etymology
Origin of carbuncled
Example Sentences
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When Mr. Merl had just penned the last sentence, the door slowly and cautiously was opened behind him, and a very much carbuncled face protruded into the room.
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In his hands wood seems fabric, as malleable as gold, black as Indian hair, a carbuncled lump.
From The Guardian
Fare thee well then on thy lonesome path, and we that are not so much afraid of carbuncled faces, pot-bellies and short breath, proceed along our road.
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Beneath our own, the light Fell on his red carbuncled face.
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It was not a nose snubbed at the extremity, gross, heavy, or carbuncled, or fluting.
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