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Definition of Sniggler
1. one that sniggles [n -S] - See also: sniggles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sniggler
| snifty snig snigg snigged snigging sniggle sniggled sniggler (current term) snigglers sniggles | sniggling sniglet sniglets snigs snip snip off snipe snipe hunt snipe hunts snipebill | snipebills sniped |
Literary usage of Sniggler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The sniggler takes a long needle, whips on a piece of fine line to the centre of
it and inserts the needle in a worm, just bringing out the point which is ..."
2. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1864)
"Every sniggler knows that a sharp rap on the tail of an eel is attended with
satisfactory results to himself and with unpleasant consequences to the fish, ..."
3. Suffolk Surnames by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch (1858)
"Mr. sniggler, Mr. RATTER, Mr. SHERK, Mr. SHERKER, and Mr. SHUFFLER, all live in
New York; as do also Messrs. ..."
4. Suffolk Surnames by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch (1858)
"... Mr. sniggler, Mr. RATTER, Mr. SHERK, Mr. SHERKER, and Mr. SHUFFLER, all live
in New York; as do also Messrs. ..."
5. Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters by Alfred Marshall Mayer (1883)
"According to Dr. Keller (" Lake- dwellings of Switzerland and other parts of
Europe"), the sniggler yet survives in Switzerland, where it is used for ..."
6. Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters by Alfred Marshall Mayer (1883)
"According to Dr. Keller (" Lake- dwellings of Switzerland and other parts of
Europe"), the sniggler yet survives in Switzerland, where it is used for ..."
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