subs. phr. (old).—A projecting chin: ‘that catches what may fall from the nose’: cf. NUTCRACKERS (GROSE).
1772. BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 56.
| It had your phizz and toothless jaws, | |
| And SAVING-CHIN and pimpl’d nose. |
subs. phr. (old).—A projecting chin: ‘that catches what may fall from the nose’: cf. NUTCRACKERS (GROSE).
1772. BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 56.
| It had your phizz and toothless jaws, | |
| And SAVING-CHIN and pimpl’d nose. |
