Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a blow to the nose() .

1852		‘Epistle from Joe Muggins’s Dog’ in Era (London) 29 Feb. 3/3: Master Jacky Frost az ad a titish snozzle at us since my last komunikashun.
1857		Sporting Mag. 308: All Yorkshire was firm as a rock on Vedette. ‘Spots,’ they said, ‘will give the big uns a snozzler’.

2. the nose; cite 1857 is a metaph. blow to the nose.

1861		Bell’s Life in Sydney 20 Apr. 3/2: In hoarse and husky tones, ‘Snozzles v. Snozzles,’ for separate maintenance, is called.
1895		West. Australian (Perth) 13 July 12/5: There was no standing their supporters until they experienced a reverse—a kind of ‘flash left‘ on ther ‘snozzler’ so to speak.
1908		Sun. Times (Perth) 12 Jan. 1/1: The drapery dandy was also rewarded with a slash on the snoozer.
1931		D. Runyon ‘The Old Doll’s House’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 64: He sees the snozzle of a sawed-off come poking over the wall.
1944		E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 85: If he starts acting up mean on you, someone ought to punch his snoozle.
1958		Southern & Hoffenberg Candy (1970) 155: By gosh, somebody ought to punch the guy one in the snoz!
1959		I. & P. Opie Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 175: ‘Snozzle’, and ‘boko’ for nose.
1968		D. O’Grady A Bottle of Sandwiches 60: The poor Old Girl was mud from anus to snozzle.
1988		T. Jones Curse of the Vampire Socks 83: You can use his snozzle as / The Mast.
1996		K. Lette Mad Cows 73: Stacey let out a blood-curdling whoop and pug-slugged Chanel in the snoz.
1998		A. Warner Sopranos 154: Kylah wiped her snozzle on the back of her hand.
2024		J. Meades Empty Wigs (t/s) 153: Jewboys snore differently from us. That’s because they have enormous snozzles.