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Snuffy
//ˈsnʌfi// adj, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Soiled with snuff.
- 2 Resembling or characteristic of snuff.
- 3 Sulky; angry; vexed. Scotland, obsolete
"I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow"
- 4 Drunk. slang
"She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard."
- 5 That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust.
"Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there."
Etymology
From snuff + -y.
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