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hooknosed

hooknosed is the alternative form of hook-nosed.

Meaning of hook-nosed

Adjective

hook-nosed (not comparable)

  1. Having a hooked or curved nose.
    • She is a large, oleaginous, black-haired, hook-nosed woman, who invariably wears ear-rings, and perfumes a room with the odor of fried fish.1857, Thomas Butler Gunn, The Physiology of New York Boarding-Houses, page 161

Questions about hooknosed

What is hooknosed the alternative form of?
Hooknosed is the alternative form of hook-nosed.

Words near hooknosed in the dictionary

  1. hookmakers
  2. hookmaking
  3. hookman
  4. hookmen
  5. hooknose
  6. hooknosed
  7. hooknoses
  8. hooks
  9. hooks above
  10. hooks and eyes
  11. hooks in

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