Nose piercing is the piercing of the skin or cartilage which forms any part of the nose, normally for the purpose of wearing jewelry; among the different varieties of nose piercings, the nostril piercing is the most common. Nose piercing is one of the most common varieties of piercing after earlobe piercing.
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Famous quotes containing the words nose and/or piercing:
“If you pick up some paint with your brush and make somebodys nose with it, this is rather ridiculous when you think of it, theoretically or philosophically. Its really absurd to make an image, like a human image, with paint, today.”
—Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)
“O falling fire and piercing cry
and panic, and a weak mailed fist
clenched ignorant against the sky!”
—Elizabeth Bishop (19111979)