ski-jump nose

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Meaning: (idiomatic)A long nose with aninwardlycurvingridgeand atipthat curves somewhatupward, resembling the shape of adownhillrampused in the sport ofski jumping.1960January 18, “The Press: The Old Caricature”, inTime, retrieved5 April 2018:[T]he liberal Democratic image of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as a jowly, blue-jawed villain with aski-jump nosehas receded in the light of his growing stature.1993January 31, Robert Butler, “In the middle and on the edge: Zoe Wanamaker”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved5 April 2018:There's a feline swish to her figure. . . . The image does not go away as you take in her slow eyes, long,ski-jump noseand thin upper lip.2003July 29,Vincent Canby, “Arts: Road to Ubiquity”, inNew York Times, retrieved5 April 2018:In reference to his famous profile, dominated by hisski-jump nose, Mr. Hope once commented that after his birth, "My mother thought the doctor had left the stork and taken the baby."

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