"banana nose" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-banana nose.ogg [Australia] Forms: banana noses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} banana nose (plural banana noses)
  1. (idiomatic) A large, unusually long nose. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-banana_nose-en-noun-GYpQ5Wxw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21
  2. (idiomatic, sometimes capitalized, mildly offensive) A person having such a nose. Tags: capitalized, idiomatic, mildly, offensive, sometimes
    Sense id: en-banana_nose-en-noun-VeL5~SPl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: banana-nose

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