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nose

noun as in smelling organ of animate being

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He responded to lead 7-6 with a break of 73 putting his nose in front once more.

From BBC

At the ground level, thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of private citizens act as self-appointed KGB agents, poking their nose into other people’s business and publicly denouncing them to get them fired or otherwise harassed.

From Salon

I look at the slender brown hound next me, grey whiskers poking out round his nose.

From BBC

During a sixth-inning at-bat, Fry was attempting to bunt when the ball missed the bat completely and hit him in the nose and mouth area.

"He threw a tea towel over my head and then bit me on the nose," she said.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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