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Definition of Snideness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snideness
Literary usage of Snideness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"... No fear, that is not 'ABBY'S form. But oh, scissors ! that bloomin' old Beak !
He boshed all my patter to putty, and snubbed all my snideness as cheek. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"But slang ? Wy, it's simply smart patter, of wich ony me and my sort 'as the 'ang.
Snappy snideness put p thy, ..."
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