Etymology
Origin of carbuncled
Example Sentences
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Mirabeau's face is pictured as "rough-hewn, seamed, carbuncled."
From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
While at that work, Jarvis exclaimed, "I shall secure him to a nicety, if I am so fortunate as to get plaster enough for his carbuncled nose."
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
It was not a nose snubbed at the extremity, gross, heavy, or carbuncled, or fluting.
From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick
Nay next we behold carbuncled swollen Jourdan himself shew copper-face, with sabre and four pistols; affecting to talk high: engaging, meanwhile, to surrender the Castle that instant.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
And when he suggested in a whisper that perhaps the circumstance need not be mentioned to Mrs. Masters, Nickem winked again and put his fore-finger to the side of his big carbuncled nose.
From The American Senator by Trollope, Anthony
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