Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- On the nose.
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- verb Present participle of
nosel .
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Examples
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And as Nacien went over the board he was smitten with a sword on the right foot, that he fell down noseling to the ship's board; and therewith he said: O God, how am I hurt.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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And as Nacien went over the board he was smitten with a sword on the right foot, that he fell down noseling to the ships board; and therewith he said: O God, how am I hurt.
Chapter IV. The Seventeenth Book. Of the Marvels of the Sword and of the Scabbard 1909
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Folk, drunk or foolish, or both, who began to chaffer with the big carle; but ever on the queen were his eyes set, and presently he put forth his hand to her to clip her, whereon the big carle hove up his fist and smote him, so that he fell to earth noseling.
The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale William Morris 1865
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And as Nacien went over the board he was smitten with a sword on the right foot, that he fell down noseling to the ship's board; and therewith he said: O God, how am I hurt.
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And as Nacien went over the board he was smitten with a sword on the right foot, that he fell down noseling to the ship’s board; and therewith he said: O God, how am I hurt.
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