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Definition of Snifter
1. Noun. A globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy.
Definition of Snifter
1. Noun. a small alcoholic drink ¹
2. Noun. a pear-shaped glass for drinking brandy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snifter
1. a pear-shaped liquor glass [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snifter
Literary usage of Snifter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"snifter. A drink of spirits. Slang. 1856 An elderly female, drawing a black pint
bottle from the pocket of her dress, proceeded to take a snifter. ..."
2. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"snifter—A slight shower. SNAG—-To lop off. An auld chap 'at Ah used ta ken went
ta snag ... snifter—An unmannerly sneering way. SNIG—Drag. Snig it doon. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Snick, c. to clip a sheep, &c., in uneven ridges. snifter ... In a snifter'—as
quickly done as a snifter. Snig, G. to drag timber by horse and chain; ..."
4. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"To snurt or snifter with the позе, like a horse.' In a Poem on Freemasonry,
written about 1430,1. 711, the author gives the following advice : 2 'A enig, ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"A severe blast in the face, Ang. ; synon. snifter. ... snifter*. SNOD, adj. 1.
Lopped, pruned, having all excrescences removed, S. On stake and ..."
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