Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a pug-nose.
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- adjective Having a
pug nose ; with a short nose which is flattened and whose tip is turned up.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a blunt nose
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Examples
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A video of a young, pug-nosed woman with a layer of brown hair swept over her forehead, performing Eminem and Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie" is making the Internet rounds — which has everything to do with the woman's resemblance to Justin Bieber.
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Rather than a brainiac grey-beard, we should think of him as his contemporaries knew him: a bustling, energetic, wine-swilling, man-loving, vigorous, pug-nosed, sword-bearing war-veteran: a citizen of the world, a man of the streets.
Socrates ? a man for our times Bettany Hughes 2010
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As Mark Bellison (Gervais) struggles to survive at a mediocre television company, the pug-nosed, pudgy writer endures a rivalry with the better looking, more successful and far more arrogant Brad Kessler (Rob Lowe).
Q&A: Actress Jennifer Garner Is Treated to The Invention of Lying 2010
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As Mark Bellison (Gervais) struggles to survive at a mediocre television company, the pug-nosed, pudgy writer endures a rivalry with the better looking, more successful and far more arrogant Brad Kessler (Rob Lowe).
Brad Balfour: Q&A: Actress Jennifer Garner Is Treated to The Invention of Lying 2010
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In an effort to find a companion to stay with me in the dark, quiet bedroom, my mother bought a pug-nosed Shih Tzu puppy.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog Jack Canfield 2009
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As Mark Bellison (Gervais) struggles to survive at a mediocre television company, the pug-nosed, pudgy writer endures a rivalry with the better looking, more successful and far more arrogant Brad Kessler (Rob Lowe).
Brad Balfour: Q&A: Actress Jennifer Garner Is Treated to The Invention of Lying 2009
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In his mid-thirties at the time, short and pug-nosed, with long hair and a SoCal surfer patois, Miglino might have, at first glance, appeared a likely savior for a bunch of greenies and new agers.
Charles Shaw: Conscious Choice Publications: the Latest Victims of Changing Media Landscape 2009
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In an effort to find a companion to stay with me in the dark, quiet bedroom, my mother bought a pug-nosed Shih Tzu puppy.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog Jack Canfield 2009
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When Flood resigned in 1980, his mantle was picked up by Republican Joseph McDade, a pug-nosed back-room dealmaker who has served the Scranton area since 1962.
A Tale Of Piggery 2008
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Liberal writer Ezra Klein (no Brad Pitt, last time I checked him out) vented that Kaine is "a squat, squinty, pug-nosed fellow."
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Liberal Bloggers--Tim Kaine Isn't the Problem 2008
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