schnozzleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -ɒzəl

名詞

schnozzle (plural schnozzles)

1. (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.

参照

• “schnozzle, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.