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TRUNK. A nose. How fares your old trunk? does your nose still stand fast? an allusion to the proboscis or trunk of an elephant. To shove a trunk: to introduce one's self unasked into any place or company. Trunk-maker like; more noise than work.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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