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schnozzle U.S. slang.|ˈʃnɒz(ə)l|
[pseudo-Yiddish: cf. Yiddish shnabl beak, and see prec.]
The nose. Similarly (joc.) s(c)hnoˈzzola [cf. -ola].
Esp. applied as a nickname to the U.S. entertainer James Francis (‘Jimmy’) Durante (1893–1980).
1930Variety 26 Feb. 24/5 It's the medium for the screen debut of Jimmy Durante, he of the large schozzola [sic.]. Ibid. 56/2 ‘Roadhouse Night’{ddd}brings Jimmy Durante to the screen. Admirers of his peculiar madness usually fear for its reception by a general public..but the Schnozzle's first screen appearance removes any doubts that might have been entertained. 1937J. Durante in Amer. Mag. May 61/1 A youngster like me whose schnozzle could be seen two blocks away. Ibid. 61/2 When we admit our schnozzles..we begin to laugh. 1937in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 448/1 A broken nose epidemic hit Dennison. In early contests 5 players broke their schnozzolas. 1959J. Ludwig in Tamarack Rev. Summer 24 What a way to louse up this new magenta outfit—streaming eyes, a shiny shnozzola! 1977Listener 9 June 746/2 Hebrew amens are breathed through Yiddish schnozzles. 1981Times Lit. Suppl. 15 May 535/2 He is sunk in the multiplied particularities of his vivid surroundings. Not least, in the pongs to which his great schnozzle..is peculiarly susceptible. |