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- noun Alternative spelling of
sniveler .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
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Examples
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It would only IF the act of writing ONE snivelling post somehow meant nothing else was possible FROM the sniveller.
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'The fact is, Hiram, I can't stand the blue lights; they make a hypocrite of you, or a sniveller.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Joy was the universal tone, and a sniveller ran imminent danger.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 Various
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Love to all you poor past snivellers from an expectant sniveller.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Love to all you poor past snivellers from an expectant sniveller.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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Are you sure this cavalier of yours was not some miserable sniveller who found time to favour you with a sermon?
The Brown Mask Percy James Brebner 1893
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"I don't think you've any right to call Riddell a sniveller," said
The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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How is it possible that Irene de Chateaudun, who was to enjoy the honor of being your wife, whom you had represented to me as a woman of high intelligence and lofty culture, could have allowed herself to be impressed, after having known you, by the jeremiads of this sentimental sniveller?
The Cross of Berny Jules Sandeau 1847
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Bah! that little sniveller, the king, makes winners give him his revenge.
The Vicomte De Bragelonne Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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"Get out, you old sniveller -- what do you mean by a Trojan?"
Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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