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Definition of Pug nose
1. Noun. A short nose; flattened and turned up at the end.
Definition of Pug nose
1. Noun. A short nose which is flattened and whose tip is turned up. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pug Nose
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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