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snotters

snotters is the plural of snotter.

snotters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snotter.

Meaning of snotter

Noun (1)

snotter (plural snotters)

  1. A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Noun (2)

snotter (countable and uncountable, plural snotters)

  1. The wattles of a turkeycock.
  2. (Scotland) Snot; mucus.
  3. (UK, obsolete, slang) A handkerchief.
    • We had our regular rendezvous, […] where we refreshed ourselves with meat and drink, sung obscene and abominable songs […], instructed the younger members systematically in prigging (stealing,) concerted robberies, washed and valued "snotters" (handkerchiefs,) and disposed of them, besides the...1849, The Ragged School Union Magazine, volumes 1-2, page 175
  4. (UK, obsolete, slang) A pickpocket who steals handkerchiefs.
    • You're barely breaking even with the snotters stealing handkerchiefs in the square.2020, Ellie Jacobs, The Last Orphan: A Victorian Romance

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Questions about snotters

What is snotters the plural of?
Snotters is the plural of snotter.

Words near snotters in the dictionary

  1. snotted up
  2. snotter
  3. snottered
  4. snotteries
  5. snottering
  6. snotters
  7. snottery
  8. snottie
  9. snottie's nurse
  10. snottier
  11. snotties

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