"carrot-nosed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} carrot-nosed (not comparable)
  1. Having a carrot for a nose, as a snowman. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-carrot-nosed-en-adj-O-BUFBIE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. Having a large, ruddy nose somewhat resembling a carrot. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-carrot-nosed-en-adj-mxyRfGyh
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          "ref": "1966 December, Boys' Life, volume liv, page 3:",
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          "ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 140:",
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          "text": "Elijah's conversations with Esther used to be about jazz and soul artists and religion. Now she would wax lyrical about how she detested right-wing groups like the National Front and neo-Nazis and found any opportunity to insult Margaret Thatcher, whom she often called “the carrot-nosed witch.”",
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