Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word snuggin.

Examples

  • He was wet ez a drownded rat, but wife rubbed him off an 'give him some hot tea an' he come a-snuggin 'up in my lap, thess ez sweet a child ez you ever see in yo' life, an 'I talked to him ez fatherly ez I could, told him we was all' Piscopals now, an 'soon ez his little foot got well I was goin' to take him out to Sunday-school to tote

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • Old George Steadman is a sly old rooster, and the other day he comes up to me in Millford, snuggin like a settin 'goose, and I saw there was something on his mind.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • So I was snuggin 'down in my big easy chair with the D

    Between the Lines Boyd Cable 1910

  • Whilst you're gone, I'll be snuggin 'up and makin' things tidy around the house.

    Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North Dillon Wallace 1901

  • "Don't talk of snuggin 'a ship like you was takin' in a wash," roared the ship-master, in sudden and ungallant passion.

    The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

  • I come down from the jaws of the gaff just when we was snuggin 'her before the gale in' 66, and my arm went in four places.

    A Dream of the North Sea James Runciman 1871

  • Translation: Gloogleforp gog snuggin, frum uper slrrk majikommen.

    vBulletin Community Forum 2009

  • Translation: Gloogleforp gog snuggin, frum uper slrrk majikommen.

    vBulletin Community Forum mmajed 2009

  • He was wet ez a drownded rat, but wife rubbed him off an 'give him some hot tea an' he come a-snuggin 'up in my lap, thess ez sweet a child ez you ever see in yo' life, an 'I talked to him ez fatherly ez I could, told him we was all' Piscopals now, an 'soon ez his little foot got well I was goin' to take him out to Sunday-school to tote a banner -- all his little 'Piscopal friends totes banners -- an' thet he could pick out some purty candles for the altar, an 'he' lowed immejate thet he'd buy pink ones.

    Sonny, a Christmas Guest Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

  • And so, old Nathan, if it ar 'your qualified opinion I'll sarve madam better by snuggin' under a log, than by snuffin 'atter her among the cabins, I'm jist the gentleman to knock under, accordin' to reason. "

    Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.