Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To save penuriously; be miserly or niggardly.
- noun A miser, or a mean sneaking fellow.
- To move along, being snugly wrapped up.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To lie snug or quiet.
- noun obsolete A miser; a sneaking fellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete (
intransitive ) To lie snug or close to; - noun obsolete A
miser ; a sneaking fellow.
Etymologies
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Old English, related to snug
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Examples
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Would Conrig even permit his secret snudge to testify, knowing that thereby his anonymity would be lost and his value forfeit?
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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I was at that time sixteen years of age, and had served Prince Heritor Conrig as a fledgling snudge and secret talent for four of them.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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Review's ill-favoured phiz, we find that the filthy snudge is yet more mischievous and ignorant than these ignorant wretches here, since they
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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“I thought they’d help me be a better snudge,” the boy said tiredly.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
bilby commented on the word snudge
"A thief who hides himself under a bed, in order to rob the house."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.
September 12, 2008
yarb commented on the word snudge
Not to make many wordes (since you will needs know) the king saies flatly, you are a miser & a snudge, and he neuer hopt better of you.
- Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, 1594
March 6, 2010
dacalberto commented on the word snudge
To pretend to do something while actually not.
September 29, 2015