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schnozzle

noun

Etymology

Probably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”) and English snout. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930.

  1. borrowed from שנויץ

Definitions

  1. The human nose, especially one that is large.

    • Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante.
    • I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me.

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