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snipper-snappers

snipper-snappers is the plural of snipper-snapper.

Meaning of snipper-snapper

Noun

snipper-snapper (plural snipper-snappers)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A worthless or insignificant person.
    • Why, I thought you liked it immensely : women generally do; but it shows your good sense not to want to be stared at and written up by a lot of snipper-snappers.1883, Mary Jane Holmes, Queenie Hetherton: A Novel, page 406

Questions about snipper-snappers

What is snipper-snappers the plural of?
Snipper-snappers is the plural of snipper-snapper.

Words near snipper-snappers in the dictionary

  1. snippectomies
  2. snippectomy
  3. snipped
  4. snipper
  5. snipper-snapper
  6. snipper-snappers
  7. snippers
  8. snippet
  9. snippet journalism
  10. snippeted
  11. snippetiness

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