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Definition of "hawk-nosed" [hawk-nosed]

  • Having a nose resembling the beak of a hawk.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "hawk-nosed" in a sentence
  • "Amid gritty v é rit é details, Mr. Tapa follows the hawk-nosed Dilawar Mohamad Imran Tapa, a sympathetic 17-year-old pickpocket whose scuffling life stifles dreams of escape."
  • "There is an old man — bright-eyed and hawk-nosed, who makes the daily trek to a ragged garden overlooking the sea."
  • "The hawk-nosed doctor said something to her aunts in that same unfamiliar language."
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rawboned
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