Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who snuffles. see snuffle, v.
  • noun One who makes a pretentious assumption of religion; a religious canter.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who snuffles; one who uses cant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who snuffles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus)

Etymologies

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snuffle +‎ -er

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Examples

  • But his snuffler was gone; its restraining tie had snapped, sending it bouncing and spinning into the depths.

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  • The hunter rose from his squatting position, holding his snuffler firmly.

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  • Making his choice, Born slid the tip of the snuffler slightly in the grazer's direction.

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  • Back to the hiding place to retrieve the snuffler and sling it snugly across his back.

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  • Born eased it into the back of the snuffler, then latched the backblock in place.

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  • The compressed gas was further compressed by the narrowing barrel of the snuffler.

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  • His knife was close to his right hand, the snuffler ready at his feet.

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  • Born sighed, put the snuffler down and stood up, stretching cramped muscles.

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  • Taking a deep breath and wishing for a more stable footing, he lined up the end of the snuffler with the skull of the demon, a difficult target that was bobbing and weaving on a long flexible neck.

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  • When the shape became recognizable, Born retreated another meter into the forest and loaded the snuffler.

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