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schnozzle

/ ˈʃɒə /

noun

  1. a slang word for nose

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of schnozzle1

alteration of Yiddish shnoitsl, diminutive of shnoits, from German Schnauze snout
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Example Sentences

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But if you wonder why your wine fiend friend arches his eyebrow when he sticks his schnozzle into a glass you just poured, here’s a short primer on the basic categories of bubbly.

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And don’t miss your chance to learn about the star-nosed mole, which boasts a schnozzle “ringed by 22 fleshy appendages that are usually a blur of motion,” writes Kenneth C. Catania of Vanderbilt University.

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“They is absolutely refusing to believe in anything unless they is actually seeing it right in front of their own schnozzles.”

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So desperate is John to stay human that, having met a woman who gets nosebleeds, he keeps banging his own schnozzle to draw blood, and thus to dupe her into accepting him as her equal.

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He asked Josh to dress in a schoolboy outfit while he attached his elasticated schnozzle and plugged his tail into place.

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