hawknose

[hawk-nohz]

noun

1. a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.

Other Word Forms

• hawknosed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hawknose¹

1525–35; back formation from hawk-nosed; hawk ¹, nose, -ed ³

Example Sentences

“Then we look–see how Hawknose kill him.”

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“Hawknose never Crow Wing’s brother,” he said.

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“Hawknose there,” said the Indian, gravely.

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Hawknose no like Jonas Harding; he own your land; he buy it from Great Father of York and he buy it from Injin.

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Injin come with Hawknose to measure land; white man bring little thing to measure it; Jonas Harding throw Hawknose in creek and more white men beat him.

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