Nosey

And still her mother called Nosey a dear, darling doggie, and her father referred to him with pride as a rugged individualist!

The Criminal C.O.D Taylor, Phoebe Atwood, 1909-1976 1940

The rains had ceased, the weather had become warmer, and our spirits rising with this increase in the comfort of our surroundings, a number of us were sitting around "Nosey" -- a boy with a superb tenor voice -- who was singing patriotic songs.

Andersonville John McElroy 1887

The rains had ceased, the weather had become warmer, and our spirits rising with this increase in the comfort of our surroundings, a number of us were sitting around "Nosey" -- a boy with a superb tenor voice -- who was singing patriotic songs.

Andersonville — Volume 1 John McElroy 1887

He loosened his rifle in its holster and called Nosey to heel.

Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990

"He's called Nosey because he's so curious about everyone, " said Miss Trimble.

The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966

By the men on the run they were known as Nosey and Baldy, but in a former stage of their existence, in the days of the Emperor Augustus

The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862

Charles Bowen, alias Nosey, was sentenced to transportation for twenty-five years for appropriating about ten thousand pounds to his own use by means of a forged will.

The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia William Henry Thomes 1859

Joe Saltzman livens up his piece on "Frank Capra and the Image of the Journalist in American Film" with several stills, one of them from Jimmy Stewart this close to punching out Nosey, that is, Charles Lane.

GreenCine Daily 2009

He was now the Marquess of Wellington, Grandee of Spain, Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo, Generalissimo of all the Spanish Armies, 'Nosey' to his men, 'the Peer' to his officers, and the man, Sharpe assumed, who had wanted him in Frenada, but the General was not here.

Sharpe's Enemy Cornwell, Bernard 1984

We had forgotten which was the longer, but as Wellington's was so conspicuous that he was nicknamed "Nosey" by his troops, and as he had won the great battle of Waterloo, we concluded that it was his, and gave him the benefit of the doubt.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor