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snub-nosed |
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snub-nosed adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) having a short turned-up nose 2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (of a pistol) having an extremely short barrel ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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A red-haired, swine-jowled, snub-nosed, crooked lout, he is for ever wrangling with Theresa, until the pair nearly come to blows. He was a snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough; and as dirty a juvenile as one would wish to see; but he had about him all the airs and manners of a man. Bute said to her eldest girl (who, on the contrary, was a very swarthy, short, and snub-nosed young lady), "You might have had superb diamonds forsooth, and have been presented at Court by your cousin, the Lady Jane. |
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