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9 letters · 32 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun informal terms for the nose

originProbably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”) and English snout. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930.

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