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  • Is it just me or some of the anonymous posts lately getting very snippish?

    Now THAT'S What I'm Talkin' 'Bout Jen 2009

  • And, I've been called the b-word as well as frosty and snippish before.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Because I Have *SO* Much Time To Waste tanita davis 2007

  • And, I've been called the b-word as well as frosty and snippish before.

    Archive 2007-07-01 tanita davis 2007

  • Actually, this is the teacher from the Potter movies whom I love the best; I adore her as a frosty, snippish character - with a warm heart but a penchant for detail.

    Archive 2007-07-01 tanita davis 2007

  • Actually, this is the teacher from the Potter movies whom I love the best; I adore her as a frosty, snippish character - with a warm heart but a penchant for detail.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Because I Have *SO* Much Time To Waste tanita davis 2007

  • The two little old ladies who own and run the Irish shoppe on the main street were actually in a bit of a snippish mood.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2006

  • He delivered the last line in a snippish manner and Bosch almost winced.

    A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2000

  • She saw only the snippish, opinionated, young peacock, and the self-assurance which came from the empty-headed ability to tie a ribbon well.

    The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger

  • "I didn't mean to be ungrateful and -- er -- snippish," she said, wondering if he knew the meaning of the word.

    Beverly of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • "Now, you know, mother, it's not just like you to be snippish," said he easily.

    The Daughter of Anderson Crow George Barr McCutcheon 1897

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