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For thirty years his mottled nose and the rubicundity of his cheeks were the ineffaceable ensigns of his intemperance.

From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles

Nothing can present a more striking contrast to his rapid, loud, laughing utterance, and his rector-like amplitude and rubicundity, than the low, slow, emphatic tone, and the corpse-like face of Rogers.

From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir

His rubicundity had increased and his blandness was dissolved.

From The Lion's Share by Bennett, Arnold

He wore no gloves; but the bloated rubicundity of his hands was relieved by a profusion of rings, which—even without the cigar in his mouth—were quite sufficient to establish his claims to gentility.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

Elsa leaned upon her elbows, and she smiled a little as she noted that the purple had gone from his nose and that it had resumed its accustomed rubicundity.

From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold