sniggler

Examples

• A sniggler is a person who catches eels by dangling bait into their holes in the riverbank.

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• The water was so heavy that the small fly seemed useless; however, we fastened it on as a dropper, using the sniggler as the trail fly; so exhausted were our resources, that I had to cut a piece of gut off a minnow tackle and attach the small fly to that.

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• There was no doubt that Madge was a most provoking and persistent sniggler.

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• The characters are the ages of the students performing and have names such as Hugo the lord’s nephew, Taggot the blacksmith’s daughter, Mogg the villein’s daughter, Thomas the doctor’s son, Nelly the sniggler, and Giles the beggar.

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