"the girls' nose" or "the girls' noses"?
We are talking about the nose of many girls.
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Girls' noses. "Girls' nose" would only occur if many girls were sharing the same nose, which is uncommon to say the least.
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2Consider, however, the three Graeae, who shared one eye and one tooth among them. :) – StoneyB on hiatus Feb 19 '14 at 23:12
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Feel free to consider inventing Greek words for their nose, then. Sounds like phun. – John Lawler Feb 19 '14 at 23:16
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@JohnLawler A monorhis? And the ladies themselves were koinorhinic? – StoneyB on hiatus Feb 19 '14 at 23:24
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Nah, I bet it'd be monorhine, and the h would be misspelled more often than not. If it ever caught on, that is. – John Lawler Feb 19 '14 at 23:29
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There was a class project to make a giant sculpture of a head, à la Mt. Rushmore. The students divided into groups to produce portions of the face. The girls’ nose was picked by the judges as the best in the class. – Scott - Слава Україні Jun 17 '18 at 06:15