Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A deformity caused by a sinking in of the bridge of the nose due to fracture or erosion of the septum.
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Examples
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The effect of rain upon the statues has not been so happy, and I have set my pail down to pick a snail off the saddle-nose of Socrates and meditate and wonder what he would have thought of it all.
Foe-Farrell Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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