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Origin of nose guard

First recorded in 1975–80
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How to use nose guard in a sentence

  • With a glimmer of returning intelligence Mr. Bransford laid his noseguard on the window-sill.

    Bransford of Rainbow Range|Eugene Manlove Rhodes
  • He wandered disconsolately away to the garden wall, forgetting the discarded noseguard.

    Bransford of Rainbow Range|Eugene Manlove Rhodes
  • Here Billy swore mentally, having a very definite guess as to how Jeff might have lost the noseguard.

    Bransford of Rainbow Range|Eugene Manlove Rhodes
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