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Hatchlings have big eyes, snubby little snouts and can fit in the palm of your hand.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022
The snubby nose of the broad-winged aircraft looked as if it had been flattened against the white cliffs of Dover.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the front door stands another Guardian, with one of those snubby machine guns slung over his shoulder.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
He snubs society, and society concludes that a man who is more snubby and exclusive than itself must be a man to cultivate.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
I like Martha, but, mother, she just thinks she should be carried round on a chip because of her brown eyes and red hair and dear little snubby nose.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
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