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snouter

snouter is the alternative form 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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Forms of snouter

pluralsnouters

Questions about snouter

What is snouter the alternative form of?
Snouter is the alternative form of snotter.

Words near snouter in the dictionary

  1. snouted
  2. snouted cobra
  3. snouted cobras
  4. snouted frog
  5. snouted frogs
  6. snouter
  7. snouters
  8. snoutfair
  9. snoutful
  10. snoutfuls
  11. snoutier

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