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  • She wondered why Kate had been so secretive about Robert, he looked such a pompous old prodnose, not worth stealing, even if he was as handsome as Cary Grant.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • She wondered why Kate had been so secretive about Robert, he looked such a pompous old prodnose, not worth stealing, even if he was as handsome as Cary Grant.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • She wondered why Kate had been so secretive about Robert, he looked such a pompous old prodnose, not worth stealing, even if he was as handsome as Cary Grant.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • She wondered why Kate had been so secretive about Robert, he looked such a pompous old prodnose, not worth stealing, even if he was as handsome as Cary Grant.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • She wondered why Kate had been so secretive about Robert, he looked such a pompous old prodnose, not worth stealing, even if he was as handsome as Cary Grant.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • She wondered why Kate had been so secretive about Robert, he looked such a pompous old prodnose, not worth stealing, even if he was as handsome as Cary Grant.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • It also gives the government the perfect excuse to award itself very extensive powers to prodnose into everyone's lives, not because we are using something we shouldn?

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • THE latest Christian prodnose to have martyrdom status bestowed upon her by the Christian Legal Centre, among others, had been warned to keep her religious beliefs to herself.

    The Freethinker 2009

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  • Today's wwftd. To pry; to be inquisitive. Used as a colloquial noun or adjective. From the name Prodnose, a pedantic and interfering character in the humorous columns of J. B. Morton.

    January 9, 2008

  • There is also the beloved Christmas character, a favorite of lemurs and Malagasy children alike:

    Petey the prodnosed phalarope.

    January 10, 2008

  • That's right! It's the lemurs' favorite Christmas character! *desperately playing along to avoid further legal entanglements*

    I'm going to add Petey the prodnosed phalarope.

    January 10, 2008

  • This is one of the joys of Wordie: Post a bizarre word, and watch your fellow Wordies go to work. Makes my day. :-D

    And J. B. Morton would be proud.

    January 10, 2008

  • J. B. Morton is reading our word pages?! Damn prodnose.

    January 10, 2008