Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A suppressed laugh.
- noun A wheeze.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US Snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed.
- verb Scotland A suppressed laugh; a sharp intake of breath.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's 28 degrees in Woodstock, IL and we have lots of snirt on the ground (snow+dirt)
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It's 28 degrees in Woodstock, IL and we have lots of snirt on the ground snow+dirt
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"Nay, saucer een," said Mrs. Garth with a snirt, "art tryin 'to skiander me like yon saucy baggish, laal Liza?"
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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Tam Wylie laughed at the shrill oath till his eyes were buried in his merry wrinkles, a suppressed snirt, a continuous gurgle in the throat and nose, in beaming survey the while of the withered old creature dancing in his rage.
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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Who wants to see gloomy gray skies, and dead grass covered with "snirt" dirty snow?
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But the rain -- sweet, wonderful rain -- has pounded down the snow, eroded the great glaciers along the boulevards into snirt-encrusted hillocks.
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