What accounts for the word's sudden emergence in slang, accompanied by a wrinkled nose?

The kitchen was nearly dark except for the fire and the light from the refrigerator, into which Rose peered with wrinkled nose.

In shock, he saw her red hair and wrinkled nose.

Her wrinkled nose showed what she thought of those subjects.

And from the wrinkled noses, they dinna care so much for the scent now, I think.

Teresa's wrinkled nose told him she didn't want any eel.

His wrinkled nose told me what he thought of the vis-itor.

At his dubiously wrinkled nose, she added, "I found out more about her today.

And the wrinkled nose is a universal symbol of the desire to feel superior to whatever seems threatening.

Chlodys looked at the cherries with a wrinkled nose.