retroussé
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of retroussé
1830–40; < French, past participle of retrousser, Middle French, equivalent to re- re- + trousser to turn, tuck up; truss
Example Sentences
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The Polish team muscled loads of grapes into the three wooden presses and used pitchforks to fluff the crushed fruit between each cycle, a task called the retrousse, which requires brute strength and helps extract as much juice as possible.
From New York Times
Holliday has a retroussé nose, ready-pouted lips and the sort of luxuriantly wavy, princessy auburn hair that demands the word “tresses”.
From The Guardian
I've been likened to Sid the sloth from Ice Age… I have a long face, retroussé nose and have been known to be quite camp… I know I don't fit into some archetype.
From The Guardian
On the other hand, the snouts of the animals have that distinctly retroussé shape which we associate with pigs, both wild and domesticated.
From Project Gutenberg
With her rather retroussé nose, fine, wide-apart eyes and soft round chin she looked very pretty and amazingly self-composed.
From Project Gutenberg
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