button nose

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Meaning: (idiomatic)A nose with asmallsize and arelativelyflat,roundshape, usually considered to bedaintyorcutein appearance.1909,H. G. Wells, chapter 2, inTono Bungay:She had little features, abutton nose, a pretty chin and a long graceful neck.1993June 6, Edmund White, "Sapristi! Is This Our Tintin?" (review ofTintin in the New World: A RomancebyFrederic Tuten),New York Times(retrieved 17 May 2014):Tintin, the comic strip hero with thebutton nose, poppy-seed eyes and blond flip hairdo, is now an institution.2001July 30,Josh Tyrangiel, “People: With these rings, we thee sue”, inTime, retrieved17 May 2014:You can't buy BRAD PITT's icy blue eyes or JENNIFER ANISTON's adorablebutton nose.; (idiomatic)A person having such a nose.1961July 7, “Cinema: Adults Are Boobs”, inTime, retrieved17 May 2014:Surprisingly, the film is delightful—mostly because of 15-year-old Hayley Mills, the blondebutton nosewho played the endearing delinquent inTiger Bay.

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