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cauliflower ear; cauliflower
noun
an ear that has been damaged and deformed by blows US, 1896
Originally and still used as a boxing term.- All he had now were his job as a houseman, his cauliflower ears and broken nose, his precious scrapbook, the bitter memories of his former glory, and an insane temper. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 53, 1947
- Down the stairs a cauliflower-eared gent played doorman with a nod, a grunt and an open palm. — Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick, p. 65, 1950
- But it was a while before the hard guys turned their cauliflower ears toward the jazz bandstands[.] — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 84, 1956
- There are some people with craggy chins, cauliflower ears, burning eyes under jet-black brows who look like murderers on furlough[.] — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, 1959
- Big Tom was quizzical and oblique and had a cauliflower ear from the Peekskill riot. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 66, 1961
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