Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paste-horn

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
paste-horn
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person's nose.

Obsolete; Slang

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

paste-horns (plural)

Questions

What does paste-horn mean?
A person's nose.
Where does paste-horn come from?
From the resemblance to the horn in which shoemakers kept their paste.

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