schnozz

plural schnozzes · alternative schnoz · alternative shnoz · alternative shnozz

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   […] you have got J-E-W written right across the middle of that face—look at the shnoz on him, for God’s sakes!

   1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, pages 149–150

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   There's a TV commercial out now for a nasal spray in which a man in need of a decongestant wakes up to find that his entire head has turned into a giant schnozz.

   1993 March 5, Adam Langer, “Sex Lives of Superheroes/Subfertile”, in The Chicago Reader

   One presumes the anesthetic is for the bull, although if I were about to pound a nail through some bull's schnozz I might want some anesthetic myself.

   1998 June 26, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in The Chicago Reader

   In another talk, a DinoNose collaborator, Scott Sampson of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, pointed out a number of ridges in the ceratopsian schnozz that probably supported curtains of cartilage; these in turn may have served as scaffolding for layers upon layers of mucous membranes.

   1999 November 5, Carl Zimmer, “Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: The Stories Behind the Bones”, in Science, volume 286, number 5442, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1071–1074

   The best way to describe how the buttermilk bar tastes is by walking into one of their locations and taking a deep breath through your schnozz.

   2014 April 18, Samantha Bakall, “Buttermilk bars, anyone? Step right up”, in The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, A&E section, page 17, column 2

   “[laughing] Wow, look at all these memories.” [Tallulah chuckles] “The only thing that hasn't changed is the size of your schnoz.” “[laughing] True. I was one big-beaked baby.”

   2019 May 3, Nick Adams, “Plumage” (13:20 from the start), in Tuca & Bertie, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Tallulah Toucan (Jenifer Lewis)

   Synonyms: nose, beak, beezer, boko, conk, honker, hooter, neb