Definition of Pug-nose

1. Adjective. Having a blunt nose. "A snub-nosed automatic"

Exact synonyms: Pug-nosed, Short-nosed, Snub-nosed
Similar to: Nosed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pug-nose

puffinets
puffing
puffing up
puffingly
puffings
puffinries
puffinry
puffins
puffs
puffs up
puffy
puftaloon
puftaloons
pug
pug-dog
pug-nose (current term)
pug-nosed
pug nose
pugaree
pugarees
puggaree
puggarees
pugged
pugger
puggeries
puggery
puggie
puggier
puggies
puggiest

Literary usage of Pug-nose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Magazine by Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith (1856)
"The " Pug " nose—the poor little pug nose ; what need be said of the pug nose ? Everybody knows the pug nose- Not "big enough to pull," or small enough to ..."

2. Birmingham Medical Review (1887)
"The Deformity termed " Pug Nose" and its Correction by a Simple Operation.—Dr. Roe has an interesting article in the Medical Record of June 4th, ..."

3. Object Lessons: Prepared for Teachers of Primary Schools and Primary Classes by Adonijah Strong Welch (1862)
"C. A pug nose. T. And a nose that is straight from the forehead to the tip, like the one in this [draws a profile], is called a Grecian nose. ..."

4. Sidonia the Sorceress: The Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal by Wilhelm Meinhold, Wilde (1894)
"Whereupon, pug-nose told her story : " The cursed lady-witch had bid her lately ... At this blasphemy she (pug-nose) remained silent, for she feared the hag ..."

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