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Thumbing one's nose

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on the nose, holding the palm open and perpendicular to the face, and wiggling the remaining fingers. It is used mostly by schoolchildren. It is also known as
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The phrase "cocking a snook" can be used figuratively: the
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Thumbing your nose

street urchin

Stalin
thumb
Queen Anne
Oxford English Dictionary
Rome–Berlin axis
League of Nations
Eric Ambler
Cause for Alarm
I've got your nose
reverse V sign
the finger
ISBN
0-521-86037-7
'Cock a snook' – the meaning and origin of this phrase
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
ISBN
0-8018-6784-3
The Northern Echo
Darlington
6 Sep 2018
"Snook, n.3"
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communication
stub
expanding it
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