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nose-enders

nose-enders is the plural of nose-ender.

Meaning of nose-ender

Noun

nose-ender (plural nose-enders)

  1. (dated, slang) A straight blow delivered full on the nasal promontory.
    • Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought.1879, Ed James, The Lives and Battles of the Champions of England, page 39

Questions about nose-enders

What is nose-enders the plural of?
Nose-enders is the plural of nose-ender.

Words near nose-enders in the dictionary

  1. nose-dive
  2. nose-dived
  3. nose-dives
  4. nose-diving
  5. nose-ender
  6. nose-enders
  7. nose-first
  8. nose-glasses
  9. nose-ish
  10. nose-job
  11. nose-jobs

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