owl's-beak

Updated: June 4, 2025

A little further on I saw Garoffi, with his owl's-beak nose, who was making great efforts to collect the printed catalogues of the prize-winners; and he already had a large bundle of them which he could put to some use in his bartering we shall find out what it is to-morrow.

Edmondo De Amicis - Cuore (Heart): An Italian Schoolboy's Journal