单词 | handle to one's face |
释义 | > as lemmashandle to (also of, on) one's face b. slang. The nose. Chiefly in handle to (also of, on) one's face. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1675 R. Head Nugæ Venales (ed. 2) 74 Judge you Master..whether I can blow my Nose, having lost the handle of my Face. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. v Carbuncles..which undermine the Handles of their Faces. 1751 A. Hamilton in E. G. Breslaw Rec. Tuesday Club Annapolis (1988) i. 271 Furnished with very large handles to their faces. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum (at cited word) The cove flashes a rare handle to his physog; the fellow has a large nose. 1876 Godey's Lady's Bk. Apr. 364/1 She had a handle on her face by way of a nose that was something astonishing. 1915 J. B. Graham Handset Reminisc. 80 The fine, aquiline handle to his face was always very red. < as lemmas |
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