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Besides Stallone and Statham, the sole returning original cast members are Dolph Lundgren (rocking the kind of hairdo any self-respecting scarecrow would reject) and Randy Couture, the butt of far too many cauliflower ear jokes.
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Laverne, the only female wrestler of her day with a cauliflower ear, threw her challenger out of the ring.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
At his door stood the man with the cauliflower ears and neck tattoo of a swastika.
—The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Laverne, the only female wrestler of her day with a cauliflower ear, threw her challenger out of the ring.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
At his door stood the man with the cauliflower ears and neck tattoo of a swastika.
—The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
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First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
cauliflower ear
noun
cau·li·flow·er ear
ˌkȯ-li-ˌflau̇(-ə)r-, ˌkäl-i- 
: an ear deformed from injury and excessive growth of reparative tissue
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