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snub-nosed

adjective
 
 
/ˌsnʌbˈnəʊzd/ US  /-ˈnoʊzd/

Definition

describes a person with a nose that is short and turns up at the endThe nose describes a gun that has a very short barrel: a snub-nosed revolverGuns
(Definition of snub-nosed adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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