paste-horn

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the resemblance to the horn in which shoemakers kept their paste.

Noun[edit]

paste-horn (plural paste-horns)

  1. (slang, obsolete) A person's nose.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams[edit]

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