schnozzle

British

/ ˈʃnɒzəl /

noun

a slang word for nose

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Etymology

Origin of schnozzle

alteration of Yiddish shnoitsl, diminutive of shnoits, from German Schnauze _snout

Example Sentences

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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.

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

He stopped, gasping, and I expected someone to bop him one on the schnozzle, and I think he did, too.

From The Big Time by Leiber, Fritz

Got it full up and just the end of his little old schnozzle sticking out.

From What's He Doing in There? by Leiber, Fritz

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