Slang word of the day: beak

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beak

noun

• nose.

  Lindsay: Wow! Look at the beak on that bird.
  
  -- "Family Ties", Arrested Development (TV, 2006), Season 3 Episode 11

• a judge or magistrate. British slang. Used in the expression "up before the beak".

  Finally, I was summoned and pleaded not guilty. The black prosecutor, whom I nicknamed Ombojombo, addressed the beak. He wanted a postponement.
  
  -- "Up before the beak, charged with a rum assault", New Statesman, Darcus Howe, 10 January 2000

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

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