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schnoz

  [shnoz]
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–noun Slang.
a nose, esp. one of unusually large size.
Also, schnozz, schnoz⋅zle  [shnoz-uhl] , schnoz⋅zo⋅la  [schno-zoh-luh]

Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; prob. expressive alter. of nose, nozzle; schn- by assoc. with any of several semantically related Yiddish words, e.g. shnabl beak, shnoyts snout, shnuk beak, trunk; for suffix of schnozzola see -ola
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schnoz   (shnŏz)   
n.   Slang
The human nose.

[Probably alteration of Yiddish snoyts, snout, muzzle, from German Schnauze.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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schnozz [ʃnɑz] and [ʃnɑzlæ, ʃnɑˈzolə, ʃnɑz]

and schnozzle; schnozzola; shnozz
  1. n.
    the nose. (From German Schnauze via Yiddish.) : Look at the schnozz on that guy!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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