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noun
Snorter  n.  
1.
One who snorts.
2.
(Zool.) The wheather; so called from its cry. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Snorter" Quotes from Famous Books



... rip-snorter,' Steve says to me, w'en I got thar. 'He don't think nuthin' o' luggin' off a cow,' he says, 'an' ye don't wanter hev yer weather eye shet w'en you an' ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) • Various
... reg'lar rip-snorter, Perfesser. You can't beat him. Well, now, let's set down here in the middle; eh, Mother? an' wait fer what's a-comin'. I want a chance to tell the Perfesser 'bout that there water-power plant an' what them boys done. Them's ...
— Radio Boys Cronies • Wayne Whipple and S. F. Aaron
... kissed him; mamma made him a curtsy, and papa made him a bow; and Dr. Snorter, the parson, seized his hand and shook it most warmly: then came ...
— The Fatal Boots • William Makepeace Thackeray
... Mr. Ravenslee as is the sportsman? Goes in for boxing, don't 'e? Very much fancied as a heavyweight, ain't 'e? My governor's seen him box and says 'e's a perfect snorter, by Jove!" ...
— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol
... mingles work and play in a thoroughly Bohemian fashion. A recent invitation card bid its members to attend a "Rip-Snorter at the Club House," stating that "provisions and provisos would be provided and Frou Frous be on tap." The exact significance of this cabalistic description is known only to the members and their guests. The same card announced that the new ...
— The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, 1895 • Various
... the benediction, the snorter disappeared in a flash, with a strong smell of brimstone, ...
— The Leatherwood God • William Dean Howells
... shouted above the howling wind. "I guess you'd better dry yourself in the kitchen. Hear her whizzin' through the trees? Gosh all hemlock! She's goin' to be a snorter, stranger. ...
— Viola Gwyn • George Barr McCutcheon
... made a pile of money in the auction business," remarked the man as he ejected a quantity of tobacco juice from his mouth. "He was a rip-snorter at it, though—could talk a table into walking off—and keep it up all day and half ...
— Young Auctioneers - The Polishing of a Rolling Stone • Edward Stratemeyer


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