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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
snub nose
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Corrie had a short, snub nose and rosebud mouth, and her eyes were a smoky grey.
▪ The lawyer was a tall, portly man with a snub nose, a square chin, and a short neck.
▪ The White Woman lifted a snub nose to point politely.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snub nose

Snub \Snub\, n.

  1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.]

    [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.
    --Spenser.

  2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
    --J. Foster.

    Snub nose, a short or flat nose.

    Snub post, or Snubbing post (Naut.), a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.

Wiktionary
snub nose

alt. A nose that is short and turned upward at the tip. n. A nose that is short and turned upward at the tip.