Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. the nose.

1984

Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 596/2: 1817.

2. (also indexer) the face [20C+ use is US black].

1824		Egan Boxiana IV 438: The index of Church was rather transmogrified.
1830		Egan Finish to the Adventures of Tom and Jerry (1889) 41: Kind-hearted Sue! Bless her pretty index!
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.
c.1850		Duncombe New and Improved Flash Dict. n.p.: Indexer a face; he is faguen in his indexer – he is a rogue in his face.
1852		Kendal Mercury 17 Apr. 6/1: You vos alvays a trump since first I piped your index.
1944		D. Burley N.Y. Amsterdam News 16 Sept. 12A: She had a mellow index.