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hook-nosed

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Hook´-nosed`
a.1.Having a hooked or aquiline nose.
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Adj.1.hook-nosed - having an aquiline nose
nosed - having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind
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hook-nosed [ˌhʊkˈnəʊzd] ADJ → de nariz ganchuda


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He was a hook-nosed man, and with that and his bright eyes and his ruffled head, bore a certain likeness to a roused bird of prey.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
A reddish, hook-nosed man, with a jaunty, wicked look, came and smiled upon me in the friendliest fashion; the smell of onions became more than I knew how to endure.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
" she said; "I find I can swim beautifully, and some day, when my Aunt Crawley's companion--old Briggs, you know--you remember her--that hook-nosed woman, with the long wisps of hair--when Briggs goes out to bathe, I intend to dive under her awning, and insist on a reconciliation in the water.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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