Slang a nose, often, specif., a large or unattractive one
also schnoz′zle or schnozz
Origin of schnoz
via Yiddish from German schnauze, akin to snoutschnoz
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schnoz
also schnoz·zle
noun
SlangThe human nose.
Origin of schnoz
Probably alteration of Yiddish snoyts snout, muzzle from German SchnauzeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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