Nose-ender
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A straight blow delivered full on the nasal promontory. dated, slang
"Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought."
Example
More examples"Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought."
Etymology
From nose + end + -er.
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