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Definition of "hook-nose" [hook-nose]

  • A nose with a pronounced curve, suggesting the beak of a hawk; an aquiline nose. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "hook-nose" in a sentence
  • "He can lay down some funky meter "hook-nose, bagel-eating, lox-eating ..." - and the possibility exists that his less ironic listeners will mistake riff for reality, and act on it."
  • "(He calls Jews "hook-nose, bagel-eating ... just crawled out from the caves and hills of Europe.")"
  • "Here he was saluted by a brother-prisoner, a man seemingly turned of thirty, tall and thin, with staring eyes, a hook-nose, and a face covered with pimples."