cauliflower ear
Example Sentences
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I tape my wrists, followed by my ears — to the side of my head — so I don’t get cauliflower ear, which is what happens if you get a shot to the ear.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2021
A Northern Ireland dental technician believes she may have found a way to prevent the rugby player's curse - cauliflower ear.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2017
Given the perception that rugby is more likely to serve up cauliflower ear than mashed brain, Melville believes rugby can exploit football's head injury crisis.
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2012
In smaller roles, Terry Crews and his biceps handle the operation's biggest weapons, and Mixed Martial Arts star Randy Couture explains things, like his cauliflower ear, in fine scientific detail.
From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2010
There was another man with him, a very large man with a broken nose and what is known among the sporting fraternity as a cauliflower ear.
From The Professor's Mystery by Hastings, Wells
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
