Podsnappery

And "Podsnappery" exists among women even more than among men, because of their more sensitive emotional nature.

Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Marion Mills Miller 1906

It was somehow understood, as a secret article in the state proprieties of Podsnappery that nothing must be said about the day.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

There was not much youth among the bathers, but there was no youth (the young person always excepted) in the articles of Podsnappery.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

These may be said to have been the articles of a faith and school which the present chapter takes the liberty of calling, after its representative man, Podsnappery.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

It may not be so wrirten in the Gospel according to Podsnappery; you may not ‘find these words’ for the text of a sermon, in the

Our Mutual Friend 2004

Whereupon, arranging herself in an expert parody of the Marine Insurance agent's selfimportant posture, she launches into her own version of the scheduled musical Podsnappery:

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

The rage for rising in the social scale ruins the Veneerings, and Podsnappery is a well-chosen name far the heartless dogmatism which rules in English society.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

It is in fact (he will welcome an allusion to Dickens almost as much as one to Aristotle) the higher Podsnappery.

The Melting-Pot Israel Zangwill 1895

Podsnappery of the hour in its vigilance against moral and religious taint.

Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888

Then the discreet automaton who had surveyed his ground, played a blossomless tuneless 'set,' and sixteen disciples of Podsnappery went through the figures of - 1, Getting up at eight and shaving close at a quarter past - 2, Breakfasting at nine - 3, Going to the City at ten - 4, Coming home at half-past five - 5, Dining at seven, and the grand chain.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841