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  • He married a fat Jewish woman there, who gave birth to little, dimpled, kinky-haired, wide-nosed, round Frances Fanny Katz, who was a working-class hero, did not believe in God, was not educated or refined, but in a weekend could crochet a slipcover or an afghan to cover and warm the Statue of Liberty.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • He married a fat Jewish woman there, who gave birth to little, dimpled, kinky-haired, wide-nosed, round Frances Fanny Katz, who was a working-class hero, did not believe in God, was not educated or refined, but in a weekend could crochet a slipcover or an afghan to cover and warm the Statue of Liberty.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • He married a fat Jewish woman there, who gave birth to little, dimpled, kinky-haired, wide-nosed, round Frances Fanny Katz, who was a working-class hero, did not believe in God, was not educated or refined, but in a weekend could crochet a slipcover or an afghan to cover and warm the Statue of Liberty.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • He married a fat Jewish woman there, who gave birth to little, dimpled, kinky-haired, wide-nosed, round Frances Fanny Katz, who was a working-class hero, did not believe in God, was not educated or refined, but in a weekend could crochet a slipcover or an afghan to cover and warm the Statue of Liberty.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • The torso was squat, long-armed, immensely muscular; the hairless head was round, wide-nosed, with big deep-set eyes and heavy jaws, but it was really quite a human face.

    Is James Cameron’s Avatar Actually an Uncredited Rewrite of a 1957 Poul Anderson Story? | /Film 2009

  • There was a faint blue tinge to the glass, and I could see my own distorted reflection, wide-nosed and bug-eyed, like a mermaid peering out.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • Their high-cheeked and wide-nosed faces were expressionless, yet the black wells of their eyes held a glare that was directed at Hannah.

    The Pride of Hannah Wade Janet Dailey 1985

  • Their high-cheeked and wide-nosed faces were expressionless, yet the black wells of their eyes held a glare that was directed at Hannah.

    The Pride of Hannah Wade Janet Dailey 1985

  • Trohdwyr roughly resembled a large man -- especially in the face, if you overlooked endless details of its heavy-boned, brow-ridged, wide-nosed, thin-lipped construction.

    A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1974

  • The torso was squat, long-armed, immensely muscular; the hairless head was round, wide-nosed, with big deep-set eyes and heavy jaws, but it was really quite a human face.

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

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