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Schnozz

//ʃnɒz// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Nose. slang

    "[…] you have got J-E-W written right across the middle of that face—look at the shnoz on him, for God’s sakes!"

Etymology

Likely from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout”) and English snout. Compare schnozzle. A less common theory suggests a variant of nose influenced by schm-, or by general association with Yiddish words. Attested since at least 1940.

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