Lexicographical Neighbors of Snuzzle
Literary usage of Snuzzle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"To snuzzle, vn To hide the face in the bosom ... in the same sense as snuzzle.
Are they all from Snug?] SODS, .s. A canvas pack-saddle stuffed with straw. ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"snuzzle,». To cuddle ; to hide the face in one's bosom. SNY, (1) ». To sneer at.
Lane. (2) ». A quantity. North. (3) v. To stow together. North. SNYE, v. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"snuzzle, v. to nestle. SO, inter/, a word of encouragement given to horses and
cows to keep them quiet. Old Peggy T. of Povey had acquired the habit of ..."
4. Contested Etymologies in the Dictionary of the Rev. W. W. Skeat by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1882)
"... and snuzzle, to nestle, cuddle. —Halliwell. QUAFF, To.—Skeat adopts the
derivation from Sc. quaich, ..."
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