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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
Could Amaldi think that she meant to be "glacial" and "snubby" to him?
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
She was difficultly following the spasmodic leadership of Willie, who puffed about her like a little snubby tug conducting a graceful yacht out to sea.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
But Goody, who had gathered many a pinecone for our feeding-boxes and, her snub nose pressed snubbier yet against the window pane, had watched the black-capped rolypolies twitch out the winged seeds, stood her ground.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee
It's broader, and flatter, and snubbier than ever.
From Dawn by Haggard, Henry Rider
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