schnozz

/ʃnɒz/

Etymology

Likely from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout”) and English snout. Compare schnozzle. A less common theory suggests a variant of nose influenced by schm-, or by general association with Yiddish words. Attested since at least 1940.

noun

  1. Nose.“[…] you have got J-E-W written right across the middle of that face—look at the shnoz on him, for God’s sakes!”