dog-nose
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2ADJ.
brown, little
DOG-NOSE + NOUN
height, smudges
Definitions
verb
To nose around like a dog, to sniff as if searching
While Colonel John W. Sink, th’ eminent Grand Island cigar manufacturer, was out “dog-nosing” jack rabbits th’ other night, a glee club serenaded his home for two hours without response.
They come without being called, dog-nosing the air as though they sense a hard surface upon which they can lean or dash their heads.
verb
To diagnose
And now here she was, wearing upon the delicate health of her hostess ; dependent upon the surgery of a more than rural doctor, who said he had dog-nosed the case ; and reduced entirely to her imagination and the daily mail (it seemed to make everything worse that it was brought five miles by a stage-coach) for any knowledge of her now sacred and absorbing interests at Fairharbor.
So I dog-nosed my case, as it were, and proved to her that it was something that couldn’t be reached by boneset tea.
adj
Related to a dog’s nose
He would smash his face into the doors at the end of his walks, trying to hasten their opening, and leave his little brown dog-nose smudges at his level.
Hang a bell from your doorknob at dog-nose height.
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6While Colonel John W. Sink, th’ eminent Grand Island cigar manufacturer, was out “dog-nosing” jack rabbits th’ other night, a glee club serenaded his home for two hours without response.
WiktionaryThey come without being called, dog-nosing the air as though they sense a hard surface upon which they can lean or dash their heads.
WiktionaryAnd now here she was, wearing upon the delicate health of her hostess ; dependent upon the surgery of a more than rural doctor, who said he had dog-nosed the case ; and reduced entirely to her imagina
WiktionarySo I dog-nosed my case, as it were, and proved to her that it was something that couldn’t be reached by boneset tea.
WiktionaryHe would smash his face into the doors at the end of his walks, trying to hasten their opening, and leave his little brown dog-nose smudges at his level.
WiktionaryHang a bell from your doorknob at dog-nose height.
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