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ˈsnaffling, ppl. a.
[f. snaffle v.3]
Snuffling; speaking through the nose.
a1585Montgomerie Flyting 569 Contagious cankers carues his snafling snout. 1620Shelton Quix. iii. vi. I. 164 He stopt his nose very well between his Fingers, and then said with a Snaffling voice. 1651Lilly Chas. I (1774) 211 An obstinate King, wholly led by the nose by these snaffling Priests. a1668R. Lassels Voy. Italy (1698) II. 135 The snaffling fellow..will tell you another story of this statue through the nose. 1793Southey Juv. & Minor P., Chapel Bell, The snuffling, snaffling Fellow's nasal tone. 1805in ‘Geo. Paston’ Side-lights Georgian Period (1902) 251 Such a little snaffling man, if I may use the expression, I hardly ever heard. |