Nose
Nose verb - To move slowly.
Usage example: the line to get tickets is just nosing, so we are going to be here for a while
Snail
Snail verb - To move slowly.
Usage example: the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles
Both words in one sentence
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Among things he draws are a snail with a nose for a face, angry elephants, eyeless unicorns and Carrot Clock.
Source: BLAM / Video Games -
In Stuck on Earth, Ketchvar III, a slug/snail-like alien, shoves himself up Tom Filber's nose and takes control of his brain.
Source: Puppeteer Parasite
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