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  • noun Plural form of carbuncle.

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Examples

  • In a speech last month, Prince Charles, an outspoken architecture critic, called many of the new buildings "carbuncles" that will leave London with a "pockmarked" skyline.

    London Stalling? 2008

  • Sores, boils, impetigo and carbuncles are frequent.

    Work Camp 95 GW 2010

  • That would appear to mean that Marxism and capitalism are symbiotic, and that neither can expect to outlive the other, which is not quite what the prophet intended when he sat all those arduous days in that library in Bloomsbury, and swore hotly to Engels, “I hope the bourgeoisie will remember my carbuncles until their dying day.”

    The Revenge of Karl Marx 2009

  • But when primed with different prompts about the once-diligent attendee (monopolizing the same seat number, always there between opening and closing time, heavily bearded, suffering from carbuncles, tending to lunch in the Museum Tavern, very much interested in works on political economy), he let the fount of memory be unsealed.

    The Revenge of Karl Marx 2009

  • But when primed with different prompts about the once-diligent attendee (monopolizing the same seat number, always there between opening and closing time, heavily bearded, suffering from carbuncles, tending to lunch in the Museum Tavern, very much interested in works on political economy), he let the fount of memory be unsealed.

    The Revenge of Karl Marx 2009

  • And if I must live with pain, I am determined it will not hinder my output, nor distort it: Not for me the example of Karl Marx who wrote Das Kapital in the British Museum, declaring "The world will pay for my carbuncles."

    Carla Seaquist: A Trek Through Cancer Carla Seaquist 2010

  • That would appear to mean that Marxism and capitalism are symbiotic, and that neither can expect to outlive the other, which is not quite what the prophet intended when he sat all those arduous days in that library in Bloomsbury, and swore hotly to Engels, “I hope the bourgeoisie will remember my carbuncles until their dying day.”

    The Revenge of Karl Marx 2009

  • But this broad, green landscape is, thankfully, large enough to swallow up the carbuncles of giant factory and garish theme park.

    Country diary: Staffordshire Moorlands 2011

  • His dysfunction had physical manifestations; throughout adulthood he suffered from numerous ailments, including debilitating carbuncles that flared up whenever the pressure to produce intensified.

    At Home With Karl Marx Jennifer Siegel 2011

  • He talks to proprietors, examines the fresher, blueish-white cloudy carbuncles selling for $1.45 per pound and the ashier, aging ones, a few hours older, discounted to sell quickly for $1.18 per pound before they get slimy.

    Corn Smut Delicacy Huitlacoche Is Good For You 2010

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