bokon.
/ˈbəʊkəʊ/ slang.
The nose.
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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
1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 13/2 Boke, the nose.
1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 91 Boko, the nose. Originally pugilistic slang, but now general.
1879 W. Besant & J. Rice Seamy Side in Time I. 70 ‘Conk or boko,’ said Nicholas the vulgar. ‘It's all the same.’
1901 G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville ii. i. 313 Flush on the boko napped your footman's left.
1903 Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 5/2 With his ‘boko’ on the bolster he may find bliss in bed between the blankets.
1910 C. E. Montague Hind let Loose i. 12 Brumby got one for his nob... Bellona's other bridegroom took it on the boko.
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