Nosed
[nozd]
Definition
(adj.) having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind .
Typist: Marietta--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Nose
(a.) Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition; as, pug-nosed.
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Examples
- This here red-nosed man, Sammy, wisits your mother-in-law vith a kindness and constancy I never see equalled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The red-nosed man did as he was desired, and instantly commenced on the toast with fierce voracity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I say to myself, if I meet him a second time in the same morning, now I think of it, that long-nosed tall man is Worcester. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Your mother-in-law, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, 'and the red-nosed man, my boy; and the red-nosed man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They _are_ shaped like sharks, Robert Jordan thought, the wide-finned, sharp-nosed sharks of the Gulf Stream. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In appearance he was a man of exceedingly aristocratic type, thin, high-nosed, and large-eyed, with languid and yet courtly manners. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Red-nosed chap? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was very young, with a light build, thin, rather hawk-nosed face, high cheekbones and gray eyes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Try an in'ard application, sir,' said Sam, as the red-nosed gentleman rubbed his head with a rueful visage. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was a hook-nosed man, and with that and his bright eyes and his ruffled head, bore a certain likeness to a roused bird of prey. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was a straight-nosed, very correct-featured little dandy. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Good things have been said about it by blue-nosed, bulbous-shoed old benchers in select port-wine committee after dinner in hall. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Is there no Chelsea or Greenwich for the old honest pimple-nosed coachmen? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The red-nosed man warn't by no means the sort of person you'd like to grub by contract, but he was nothin' to the shepherd. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Catch the red-nosed man a-goin' anyvere but vere the liquors is; not he, Samivel, not he. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This here Stiggins--' 'Red-nosed man? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They were top-heavy, blunt-nosed ambulances, painted gray and built like moving-vans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was a prim-faced, red-nosed man, with a long, thin countenance, and a semi-rattlesnake sort of eye--rather sharp, but decidedly bad. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The little tank had nosed a little farther around the corner. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He may be, or he may not,' replied Mrs. Weller, buttering the round of toast which the red-nosed man had just finished. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The one, austere, high-nosed, eagle-eyed, and dominant, was none other than the illustrious Lord Bellinger, twice Premier of Britain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Muzzle retired; and a pale, sharp-nosed, half-fed, shabbily-clad clerk, of middle age, entered the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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