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sneaksby

sneaksby noun: a paltry person; a sneak.

Noun

sneaksby (plural sneaksbies)

  1. (obsolete) A paltry person; a sneak.
    • 16??, Isaac Barrow
      […] such a superstitious fop, such a conscientious simpleton, such a bashful sneaksby […]
    • I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion: I am no proud man, d'ye see, and when the liquor is offered me I whip it off, that they may not take me for a churl or a sneaksby, or think I don't understand myself nor good manners[…]1880, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Peter Anthony Motteux, The history of Don Quixote of la Mancha

Forms of sneaksby

pluralsneaksbies

Questions about sneaksby

What does sneaksby mean?
Sneaksby means a paltry person; a sneak.
What part of speech is sneaksby?
Sneaksby is a noun.
What is the plural of sneaksby?
The plural of sneaksby is sneaksbies.

Words near sneaksby in the dictionary

  1. sneaks in
  2. sneaks out
  3. sneaks past
  4. sneaks up
  5. sneaksbies
  6. sneaksby
  7. sneaksman
  8. sneaksmen
  9. sneaksome
  10. sneakthief
  11. sneakthieves

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