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Cauliflower ear   /kˈɑləflˌaʊər ɪr/   Listen
Cauliflower ear

noun
1.
An auricle deformed by injury; common among boxers.






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"Cauliflower ear" Quotes from Famous Books



... Inwald glanced past Mr. Pierce to where Doctor Barnes stood behind him, with his cauliflower ear and his pugilist's shoulders. Then he looked at the bottle in his hand, and from it to ...
— Where There's A Will • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... lion-like—the eyes of a fighting animal. The forehead slanted quickly back to the hair, which, clipped close, showed every bump of a villainous-looking head. A nose twice broken and moulded variously by countless blows, and a cauliflower ear, permanently swollen and distorted to twice its size, completed his adornment, while the beard, fresh-shaven as it was, sprouted in the skin and gave the face ...
— When God Laughs and Other Stories • Jack London

... mere scenario. A narrow strip of forehead acted as a kind of buffer-state, separating his front hair from his eyebrows, and he bore beyond hope of concealment the badge of his late employment, the cauliflower ear. Yet was he a man of worth and a good citizen, and Ann had liked him from their first meeting. As for Jerry, he worshipped Ann and would have done anything she asked him. Ever since he had discovered that Ann was willing to listen to and sympathise ...
— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse



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