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Conk   /kɑŋk/   Listen
Conk

noun
1.
Informal term for the nose.



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"Conk" Quotes from Famous Books



... It was not possible for me to stand by, an idle spectator of the destruction of a female who appeared to have no defender, whatever might be the nature of the offence alleged or committed. I therefore warded off the blow with my left arm, and with my right gave him a well-planted blow on the conk,{3} which sent him piping into the kennel. In a moment I was surrounded and charged with a violent assault upon the charley,{4} and interfering with the guardians of the night in the execution of their duty. A complete diversion took place from the original object of their fury, and in the bustle ...
— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan

... leaving of merchantable timber on the cutting area. Frequently there are enough crooked or conky trees to serve the purpose. These defects are not directly transmissible through seed to the offspring, although conk is infectious and the young crop should be protected by the removal of the diseased parents after it ...
— Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest • Edward Tyson Allen



Words linked to "Conk" :   U.K., yield, starve, abort, drown, fall, zonk out, Britain, give way, go bad, be born, Great Britain, famish, nose, olfactory organ, predecease, UK, stop, pip out, hit, succumb, black out, stifle, halt, give out, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, driving, change state, turn, break, asphyxiate, fail, buy it, break down, suffocate



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