retrousse

ADJECTIVE
  1. (used of noses) turned up at the end
    a retrousse nose
    a small upturned nose
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How To Use retrousse In A Sentence

  • Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache. The Younger Set
  • Obama is a stuffed-shirt, retrousse-nosed, po 'boy, the worst kind of elitist! On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • She wasn't handsome, but she certainly was pretty, even though her nose was retrousse, which is French for pug. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers
  • Suddenly, every issue of Vogue had picture after picture of the most incredible person: coltish limbs, with a tiny face, retroussé nose, huge eyes and an adorable fringe.
  • You cannot tell whether her nose was aquiline or retrousse, whether her chin was long or short, her face square or oval; nor could I the first day, and it is not my intention to communicate to you at once a knowledge I myself gained by little and little. The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
  • Nose jobs have really come down in price, nowadays, and Brunette could be stunning with one of those cute retrousse noses. Bloggingheads!
  • Miss Anderson, who claimed a collateral Dutch ancestry by the Van Hook, tucked in between her non-committal family name and the Julia given her in christening, was of the ordinary slender make of American girlhood, with dull blond hair, and a dull blond complexion, which would have left her face uninteresting if it had not been for the caprice of her nose in suddenly changing from the ordinary American regularity, after getting over its bridge, and turning out distinctly 'retrousse'. April Hopes
  • Two sons, one of whom was already in the service, and a good-looking, sixteen-year-old daughter, with a rather retrousse but pretty little nose, came every morning to kiss his hand and say, “Bonjour, papa.” The Cloak
  • His nose was short and retrousse, and his ears were rather prominent; but he was bright and attractive. The Financier
  • Suddenly, every issue of Vogue had picture after picture of the most incredible person: coltish limbs, with a tiny face, retroussé nose, huge eyes and an adorable fringe.
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