Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a snout of a kind specified by a qualifying word: as, long-snouted, pig -snouted.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
snout .
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Examples
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Therewith she pouted; or, to sketch her with precision, 'snouted' would better convey the vivacity of her ugly flash of features.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Therewith she pouted; or, to sketch her with precision, 'snouted' would better convey the vivacity of her ugly flash of features.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 7 George Meredith 1868
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Therewith she pouted; or, to sketch her with precision, 'snouted' would better convey the vivacity of her ugly flash of features.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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For just as long as it takes the old gent to land another bunch of gold-pouched, retriever-snouted treasure-hunters, and no longer.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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The montage of icons does cohere into a sort of meta-icon perhaps, of dogs that are (for me) short-haired, middling-sized, with dark-brown fur; but this is … a sort of cubist collage of perspectives that spills out beyond its casual frame, each dog a Cerberus with three heads superimposed one over the other, snub-nosed and long-snouted, ears pricked and flattened, slavering and not slavering.
Notes on Notes Hal Duncan 2009
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It turns out that short-snouted dogs are most likely to die on planes: bulldogs, pugs, and similar breeds made up about half of deaths in past five years.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Does Your Dog Steal Your Sleep? Dr. Michael J. Breus 2010
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It turns out that short-snouted dogs are most likely to die on planes: bulldogs, pugs, and similar breeds made up about half of deaths in past five years.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Does Your Dog Steal Your Sleep? Dr. Michael J. Breus 2010
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Neck, from head to shoulders, a mass of bristling hair; sharp pointed ears, long-snouted, lips snarling, fangs dripping; yelping rather than barking; wolfish of aspect and not nice to look upon when in anger — this is the husky, or wolf-dog of the North.
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It turns out that short-snouted dogs are most likely to die on planes: bulldogs, pugs, and similar breeds made up about half of deaths in past five years.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Does Your Dog Steal Your Sleep? Dr. Michael J. Breus 2010
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The humblest trimmer would treat him with the indulgence of a child; while an oiler, a greasy nimbus about his head and in his hand, as sceptre, a long-snouted can, would indeed appear to him a demigod and ruler of forces beyond his ken.
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