snipper-snapper
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From late 16th c.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
snipper-snapper (plural snipper-snappers)
- (colloquial, dated) A worthless or insignificant person.
- 1883, Mary Jane Holmes, Queenie Hetherton: A Novel, page 406:
- Why, I thought you liked it immensely : women generally do; but it shows your good sense not to want to be stared at and written up by a lot of snipper-snappers.
- 1914, Devabrata Mukherjee (translator), Rabindranath Tagore (original), The Post Office:
- Let me find him once and I'll make him dance. Oh, you snipper-snapper! I'll get the King's letter sent to your house indeed I will!
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “whipper-snapper”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading[edit]
- “Snipper-snaper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.