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schnozzle

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted cehlnoszzStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. informal terms for the nose

Word origin

Probably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”) and English snout. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930.

Used in a sentence

  • Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante.
  • I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me.

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