prodnose
prodnose noun: synonym of busybody.
Noun
prodnose (plural prodnoses)
- Synonym of busybody.
- It would be rash to suppose that the Institute was just a gatherum of clay-minded prodnoses.1968, Flann O'Brien, The Best of Myles
- The fact that the urban populace were enjoying themselves in the "gin palaces" — which also sold much else— incensed the do-gooders, prodnoses and the temperance movement in general, supported by funds largely subscribed by the more puritanical elements among the new plutocracy.1971, John Doxat, The world of drinks and drinking: an international distillation, page 101
- Synonyms:
- busybody
Verb
prodnose (third-person singular simple present prodnoses, present participle prodnosing, simple past and past participle prodnosed)
- To meddle; to interfere where one is unwelcome.
- It's up to you, ladies and gents of the jury, to judge in all fairness whether what follows is in itself culpable, or whether rather the fact that it leads up to the Old Cock getting the push is just another example of the stinking hypocrisy of the official mind which while getting up to I wouldn't...1956, Wolf Mankowitz, My Old Man's a Dustman, page 106
- Above all, it was the most convincing portrait of the social worker's own thin line, between prodnosing ordinarily sad lives, and not leaping in when there might be small lives to be saved.1996, New Statesman - Volume 125, Issues 4304-4315, page 42
Examples of prodnose in a sentence
- There are no words to describe the prodnoses who would stop finance for a boat because not enough “disadvantaged people” are involved.2009, P. Scrivener, English Witness to Their Darkest Hour, page 94:
- So you see I've already an excuse for being a prodnose!2015, John Creasey, The Toff and the Lady, →ISBN:
- “The truth was that you prodnosed to such good effect that you had them badly worried.2012, John Creasey, The Toff And The Deadly Priest, →ISBN, page 168:
Synonyms of prodnose
Forms of prodnose
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | prodnoses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | prodnoses |
| present participle | prodnosing |
| past participle | prodnosed |
| past | prodnosed |
Origin of prodnose
From the name of a character created by J. B. Morton, from prod + nose; compare stick one's nose in.
Questions about prodnose
- What does prodnose mean?
- Prodnose means synonym of busybody.
- How do you use prodnose in a sentence?
- There are no words to describe the prodnoses who would stop finance for a boat because not enough “disadvantaged people” are involved.
- What part of speech is prodnose?
- Prodnose can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of prodnose?
- The plural of prodnose is prodnoses.
Words near prodnose in the dictionary
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