schnozzle
nounEtymology 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.
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Slang 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.1932, “The Passionate Plumber”, in Motion Picture, page 64:
- I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me.1947, Leslie Waller, Show Me the Way, page 31: