snufflebuster
/ˈsnʌf(ə)lˌbʌstə
/noun Australian /NZ informal
A puritanical person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others: sanctimonious snufflebusters who denounce the poor man for gambling a shilling...
- When he called someone a sniffling snufflebuster, no one had to go to the dictionary to know what he meant.
- "You dirty, snivelling snufflebuster!" Cuthbert roared.
- They will be regenerate if they attend Church long enough, and are not hunted out of it by some of you self-righteous snufflebusters!
Origin
Late 19th century: drawing on an earlier sense of the verb snuffle 'to show dislike or disdain by snuffing; to sniff at a thing in contempt' + buster.