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schnoz

(shnŏz) or schnozz (shnŏz), also schnoz·zle (shnŏz′əl)

n. Slang

The human nose.

[Probably alteration of Yiddish snoyts, snout, muzzle, from German Schnauze.]

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schnoz

(ʃnɒz)

also schnoz•zle

(ˈʃnɒz əl)

n. Slang.

a nose, esp. a large one.

[1935–40, Amer.; probably expressive alter. of nose, nozzle; schn- by association with any of several semantically related Yiddish words]

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schnoz - informal terms for the nose

hooter, schnozzle, snoot, snout, nozzle, honker, beak

nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

schnoz

noun

Slang. The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract:

nose, proboscis.

Informal: beak, snoot.

Slang: nozzle, schnozzle, snout.

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