snoozle

snoozle
Affectionate variant of nuzzle, perhaps combining snooze with nuzzle.

She ... seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to ... push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face.


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  • snoozle — snoo·zle …   English syllables

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