hawknose

[ hawk-nohz ]

noun

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

Other Words From

• hawknosed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hawknose¹

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

Example Sentences

Hawknose kill much that winter; Hawknose hunt with Injins up north; then come back to crick.

From Project Gutenberg

See Hawknose running; blood on clothes; blood on hands and on gun.

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