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THE DUCHESS OF KIMBERLEY (Ruby), a svelte aquiline-nosed woman of some forty summers, with green hair and two aigrettes.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 Various
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The majority belonged to the long-faced, aquiline-nosed type, with long, well-cut jawbone, eyebrows that slope downwards, and either hazel eyes and brown hair, or grey-blue eyes and fair hair.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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She has been a good wife to me, and she was a good daughter to her drunken old father -- one of the greatest scamps in London, who used to get his bread -- or rather his gin -- by standing for Count Ugolino and Cardinal Wolsey, or anything grim and gray and aquiline-nosed in the way of patriarchs.
The Lovels of Arden 1875
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There was En-ta-maboull, so nicknamed from his love for that unceremonious slang phrase -- a Zouave who had the history of a Gil Blas and the talent of a Crichton; the morals of an Abruzzi brigand and the wit of a Falstaff; aquiline-nosed, eagle-eyed, black-skinned as an
Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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"Silence, boy!" said the aquiline-nosed officer sternly now.
!Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War George Manville Fenn 1870
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Directly after, the pair were ushered into the presence of half-a-dozen officers in undress uniform, one of whom, a keen-looking, aquiline-nosed man, gave them in turn a sharp, searching look, which Punch afterwards said went right through him and came back again.
!Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War George Manville Fenn 1870
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Dows, a tall, aquiline-nosed spinster of fifty, whose old-time politeness had become slightly affected, and whose old beliefs had given way to a half-cynical acceptance of new facts.
Sally Dows Bret Harte 1869
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They were tall and lady-like, aquiline-nosed and pleasant-looking, without actual beauty.
A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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This lasted for a couple of minutes, and, meanwhile, the aquiline-nosed Bagration gazed from the wall as though much interested in the bargaining.
Dead Souls 1842
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Reflects Mrs Veneering; fair, aquiline-nosed and fingered, not so much light hair as she might have, gorgeous in raiment and jewels, enthusiastic, propitiatory, conscious that a corner of her husband's veil is over herself.
Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841
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