schnozzle

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schnozzle

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Probably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”) and English snout. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930.

noun schnozzles

slang The human nose, especially one that is large. Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante.
Similar: beak, conk, honker, hooter, schnoz, schnozz, shnoz, schnozzola, snoot, nose, beezer, boko, neb, pecker, proboscis

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noun slang: human nose, especially large one

Español	hocico, napia, tocha
Português	narigão
Français	blair, pif, tarin
Deutsch	Rüssel, Riecher, Knolle, Zinken
Italiano	nasone
Ελληνικά	μυτόγκα mytógka
Русский	шно́бель šnóbelʹ, руби́льник rubílʹnik, пая́льник pajálʹnik

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@misc{schnozzle_2026,
  title = {schnozzle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schnozzle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}