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rub noses Arctic 
See 1945 quote.
- 1829 (1935) . . . and when the principal [Eskimo dancer] had pretty well exhausted himself, he walked gravely up to him, and, taking his head between his hands, rubbed noses with him, amidst the plaudits of all present.
- 1945 Before they had much contact with white men, the Eskimos used to rub noses on meeting old friends after a protracted absence. This is seldom done now, though I did see it at Pangnirtung on the east coast of Baffin Island. It is not the vigorous, nose-smashing rubbing that the cartoonist seems to expect, but a gentle approaching of one face to the other, as though they were about to kiss. The noses barely touch, if at all, and there is a gentle intake of breath, as though sniffing. The lips make no contact at all.
- 1963 "You're not talking to a stage Eskimo. Like I don't rub noses anymore, you know."
- 1829 (1935) . . . and when the principal [Eskimo dancer] had pretty well exhausted himself, he walked gravely up to him, and, taking his head between his hands, rubbed noses with him, amidst the plaudits of all present.