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Definition of Hooknose
1. Noun. A nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge.
Definition of Hooknose
1. Noun. an aquiline nose ¹
2. Noun. someone with such a nose ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hooknose
1. an aquiline nose [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooknose
Literary usage of Hooknose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present : Savage and Civilized by Arthur Saunders Thomson (1859)
"AND hooknose. he was distinguished for sagacity in council and intrepidity in
... Taniwha, or hooknose, the last living contemporary of Cook, died in 1853. ..."
2. Charles Chapin's Story Written in Sing Sing Prison by Charles E. Chapin (1920)
"At last the judge motioned to old hooknose to read from his report. How my heart
throbbed the humiliation I felt when that hateful old court reporter gave ..."
3. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"HOT, the Secretary, and Little hooknose himself. After a struggle he vta secured.
His room was searched ; and at first sight no evidence of his guilt ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"... and often wins his way to mysteries by his smile and back-slapping when
Sallow-face's hooknose would instantly create suspicion and distrust. ..."
5. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1886)
"... and Little hooknose himself. After a struggle he was secured. His room was
searched ; and at first sight no evidence of his guilt appeared. ..."
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