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beak
noun- the nose UK, 1715
- We called this kid O’Brien because his beak was so big and hooked it kept the sun out of his face and got caught on clothes lines. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 7, 1946
- You’ve been snorting coke. You been snuffling that crap up your beak again after you promised–after you swore on your mother’s grave[.] — Robert Campbell, Juice, p. 130, 1988
- cocaine UK
From the previous sense; a reference to the manner in which the drug is taken. - See them knobs [fools] hauling beak around the city? — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 18, 2001
- Some of the best beak I’ve had in a long time. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 78, 2002
- in horse racing, a bet that a horse will win US
Extended from the sense as a “nose”, suggesting that the horse will win by “a nose”. - Give me two tickets right on the beak. — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 12, 1951
- a magistrate UK, 1749
Widely used by those who have occasion to be “up before the beak”. - — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 26, 1996
- — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 164, 2002
- a schoolteacher UK, 1888
A dated usage that has survived thanks to Billy Bunter and other schoolboy literature.
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