subs. (pugilists’).—The nose: see CONK.—GROSE (1785).
1871. G. MEREDITH, The Adventures of Harry Richmond, vii. 79 (1886). ‘Fight, my merry one; she takes punishment,’ the prizefighter sung out. ‘First blood to you, Kiomi; uncork his claret, my duck; straight at the NOZZLE, he sees more lamps than shine in London, I warrant.’
Verb. (tailors’).—1. To shrink: e.g., TO NOZZLE THE BOTTOMS = to shrink the fronts of trousers. Also (2), to pawn.
