snarlers

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
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