pug nose

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pug nose

A short nose that is somewhat flattened and turned up at the end.

[From pug, ape (obsolete), pug.]

pug′-nosed′ (-nōzd′) adj.

pug nose

(Anatomy) a short stubby upturned nose

[C18: from pug¹]

ˈpug-ˌnosed adj

pug′ nose′

a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.

[1770–80]

pug′-nosed`, adj.

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pug nose - a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end

nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"

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The harle- quin on the bank turned his little pug nose up to me.

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They had large hands, large feet, large mouths; they had pug noses as a general thing, and moustaches that not even good breeding could overlook; they combed their hair straight back without parting; they were ill-shaped, they were not winning, they were not graceful; I knew by their looks that they ate garlic and onions; and lastly and finally, to my thinking it would be base flattery to call them immoral.

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A pug nose was pressed against Grandma's pooch window.

Mystery of the missing chow

Then, a chubby, dark-skinned girl with pug nose approached BT.

Star shines even outside the spotlight

The CA van was a modern looking load lugger with pug nose and sliding side driver and passenger doors.

When Bedford fuelled a camper cult; classic wheels

The CA van was a modern looking loadlugger with pug nose and sliding side driver and passenger doors.

Bedford fuelled camper cult; CLASSIC WHEELS

We find him at a showbiz party, talking to a 'Posh' Princess with an overlarge head and pug nose.