"snotsicle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snotsicles [plural]
Etymology: Blend of snot + icicle, or snot + -sicle. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|snot|icicle}} Blend of snot + icicle, {{suffix|en|snot|sicle}} snot + -sicle Head templates: {{en-noun}} snotsicle (plural snotsicles)
  1. (informal) A solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-snotsicle-en-noun-tHx4xpBB Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sicle

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) A solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose."
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