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snudges

snudges is the plural of snudge.

snudges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snudge.

Meaning of snudge

Noun

snudge (plural snudges)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) A greedy, stingy person; a miser.
    • And thus your huſbandrye me thincke, is more like the life of a couetous ſnudge that ofte very euill preues, then the labour of a good huſbãde [husbande] that knoweth well what he doth.1545, Roger Ascham, “The First Booke”, in Toxophilus, the Schole, or Partitions of Shooting […], [new] edition, London: […] Thomas Marshe, published 1571, →OCLC, folio 2, recto
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) A dishonest and sneaky person.
    • And in that ſlepe (me thought) I heard the tunes / Of ſullen paſſions apt for Funerals, / And ſaw my Fathers liueleſſe body borne / By Satyres: O I feare that deitie / Hath ſtolne him hence, that Snudge his deſtinie.1599 November–December (date written), Thomas Dekker, The Pleasant Comedie of Old Fortunatus. […], London: […] S. S. for William Aspley, […], published 1600, →OCLC, signature [E4], recto

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Questions about snudges

What is snudges the plural of?
Snudges is the plural of snudge.

Words near snudges in the dictionary

  1. snuck past
  2. snuck up
  3. snucken
  4. snudge
  5. snudged
  6. snudges
  7. snudgeth
  8. snudging
  9. snuff
  10. snuff bottle
  11. snuff bottles

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