schnozzle
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English
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.
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒzəl
Noun
schnozzle (plural schnozzles)
- (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large.
- Synonyms: beak; conk (British); honker (US); hooter (British); schnoz, schnozz, shnoz, schnozzola; snoot (US); see also Thesaurus:nose
- 1932, “The Passionate Plumber”, in Motion Picture, page 64:
- Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante.
- 1947, Leslie Waller, Show Me the Way, page 31:
- I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me.
Translations
slang: human nose, especially large one
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References
- “schnozzle, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1982.
