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English
Etymology
From nose + end + -er.
Noun
nose-ender (plural nose-enders)
- (boxing, slang, dated) A straight blow delivered full on the nasal promontory.
1879, Ed James, The Lives and Battles of the Champions of England, page 39:Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought.
Further reading
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary