Capt Lightning
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- Historic Buchan, Scotland
Retroussé : turned up at the end - esp. referring to the nose.
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Word of the Day: retroussé
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Capt Lightning
Well-known Member
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- Historic Buchan, Scotland
The sort of girl I like to see,
Smiles down from her great height at me.
She stands in strong, athletic pose
And wrinkles her retroussé nose.
Sir John Betjeman, "The Olympic girl."
Smiles down from her great height at me.
She stands in strong, athletic pose
And wrinkles her retroussé nose.
Sir John Betjeman, "The Olympic girl."
Pappy
Living the Dream
- Location
- Florida (transplanted New Yorker.)
I know some people with their noses turned so far up in the air, it’s a wonder they don’t drown when it rains... 
I will leave now very quietly...
I will leave now very quietly...
I know of a few as well...I know some people with their noses turned so far up in the air, it’s a wonder they don’t drown when it rains...
I will leave now very quietly...