snarler

Noun

snarler (plural snarlers)

1. (literally) One who snarls.
   • "Yeah," snarled the other guy, "well, why don't you write this down: You can't bet more than that $100 chip from now on. You can only play one hand and" — he turned to the dealer — "shuffle up on every couple of rounds, you hear me?"
     […]
     "You don't mind if I play craps?" I asked them as I parted....2004, Frank Scoblete, The Craps Underground, page 91
2. (broadly) A person with a disagreeable or antagonistic temperament.
   • Tecla was neither a snarler nor a crab, but a good simple lady; yet she was a beata — one of the most temperate species.1830, The New British novelist: comprising works by the most popular and fashionable writers of the present day, page 123
   • The domestic snarler is felt to be a curse and an ignoble varlet, since for small reasons, or no reasons, he will disturb domestic peace and engender discomfort.1847, James Mackay, Joseph Salkeld, editors, The Evergreen, volume IV, page 87
3. One who uses a snarling iron.
4. (New Zealand, informal) A sausage.
   • ‘Are there any more snarlers in the pan?’ I said.1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 155
   • Summer snarler comes up trumps: A Woodville Beef & Blue Cheese sausage has triumphed over out-of-town rivals in a fry-off.2013, Manawatu Herald, 9 January