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Meaning: (idiomatic)A large, unusually long nose.2003, Lawrence Gordon Knudsen,The Clock Struck Terror: A Professor Bates Novel,→ISBN,page113:The man with thebanana nosewas on my right.2004September 14, Valerie Strauss, “Can Exam Anxiety Be Overcome? With Effort”, inWashington Post, retrieved10 February 2018:Shortly before giving an exam, Throckmorton puts on a pair of Elmo slippers, abanana noseand a funny hat.2005July 22,Manohla Dargis, “Film Review: The Kids Are All Right; the Coach Has Problems”, inNew York Times, retrieved10 February 2018:With hisbanana nose, hunched shoulders and hustling ways, Matthau's Buttermaker had an unmistakably Nixonian cast.; (idiomatic,sometimescapitalized,mildlyoffensive)A person having such a nose.1985June 30, Robert N. Strauss, “Letters: Ugly Fans at Track”, inNew York Times, retrieved10 February 2018:But 30 years ago, it was a pleasure to relax at the track—win or lose. The only remark I ever heard made to a jockey by a fan in those days was a friendly "Hey,banana nose" addressed to the great Eddie Arcaro.1995,Natalie Goldberg,Banana Rose: A Novel(2011 Open Road Media edition),→ISBN,ch. 2 (Google preview):Sometimes the kids at school call me Banana Split, and when my father heard the name, he said, "You meanBanana Nose. You always had a big nose."2003,Sam Millar, chapter3, inOn the Brinks,→ISBN:“How many, young Millar?” asked Flanders, a giant with tight clothes, lambchop sideburns, a ruddy complexion and an enormous nose that defied gravity. The kids called himBanana Nose.
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