2. Noun. The symptom of a runny or congested nose accompanying a cold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sniffles
1. sniffle [v] - See also: sniffle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sniffles
Literary usage of Sniffles
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 (1870)
"NB Name of Gentleman entirely from memory, not warranted correct ; but our
impression is that it was sniffles ; if not, he looked it every bit, ..."
2. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... TO ELDER sniffles O REVEREND sir, I do declare It drives me most to frenzy,
To think of you a-lying there Down sick with ..."
3. Letters of Major Jack Downing of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith, Charles Augustus Davis (1864)
"... Trick on the Major—A Letter From Jerusha Matilda Jenkins—She Gives Her Experience
in Negro Teaching—Pris- cella Huggins and Elder sniffles—Cloe, ..."
4. Such Nonsense!: An Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1918)
"... TO ELDER sniffles 0 reverend sir, I do declare It drives me most to frenzy,
To think of you a-lying there Down sick with ..."
5. Such Nonsense!: An Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1918)
"... TO ELDER sniffles 0 reverend sir, I do declare It drives me most to frenzy,
To think of you a-lying there Down sick with ..."
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