geranium n.
1. a red nose.
(ref. to 1882) Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era. |
2. the head.
🎵 His parachute went wrong – oh my, And down he came ker-whop. On his geranium. | ‘On His Geranium’||
Ludlow Advertiser 2 Feb. 7/1: The comic songs, ‘On his geranium’ and [...] ‘He’s got on, Mr Haynes’, lacked nothing in boisterous fun. |
3. (US, Western) a person, a fellow.
Cattle Brands 🌐 Some geranium out there wants me to come out and shake hands, pow-wow, and make some medicine with him. | ‘Around the Spade Wagon’
4. (US) in pl., cabbage.
AS I:3 137/2: Cabbage is ‘geraniums’. | ‘Logger Talk’