Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a curvated or aquiline nose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a hooked or aquiline nose.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an aquiline nose
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Examples
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This kind of patriotism -- which is at the heart of the war on terror -- is very much akin to what was expressed in a 1908 editorial cartoon I ran into: an enraged Statue of Liberty kicking a cage full of foreigners, whom you can recognize as such because they are dark-faced, curly-haired, hook-nosed and are clutching bombs and knives.
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Makes you wonder which small, hook-nosed minority controls US foreign policy (as if we didn't know) ...
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You don't need to put in a panel of a grinning hook-nosed Shylock or say the phrase "Jew money-lenders" or even put (or hint at the concept) "Jew" and "money-lenders" in context with one another for the term -- left unrebuked -- to be understood for what it is.
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The bald, hook-nosed actor took his career to a higher plane once he established himself as Jerry Seinfeld's annoying Uncle Leo with his trademark greeting "Hello!"
Les Lesser, character actor known for 'Seinfeld' role, dies at 88 Post 2011
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Both institutions are controlled by the same "people," the same hook-nosed, bagel-eating, nation-wrecking tribe of people.
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So you mean those imflammatory cartoons showing a hook-nosed ogre dangling an Uncle Sam puppet from a string are true?
Matthew Yglesias » Olmert Claims to Control US Foreign Policy 2009
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Now, were I to describe this person to a third-party, the term 'hook-nosed Jew' would NOT be derogatory - it would be factually accurate.
Prince in 'Sensible' Shocker Dungeekin 2009
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While Schiff says that Jolie is perfect for the part, sceptics have already queried her likeness to the hook-nosed profile of the queen that appears on coins.
Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011
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In the weeks since, the ADL has compiled a hefty volume of cartoons in the Arab media that they say depict Israelis -- in the guise of stereotypical hook-nosed Jews in black hats -- as "blood-thirsty monsters, sharks and other marine wildlife swallowing up or crushing" the flotilla.
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They ring the bell at the front garden gate and stand in the shadows, afraid to approach the great man when he appears in the doorway in that famous hook-nosed silhouette.
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