Talk:snort

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A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco). A snort also may be a drink of whiskey, as "Let's have a snort".

Etymology

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Sound change from fn- to sn- is discussed at Wiktionary:Tea room/2020/November#Etymology_of_the_English_word_sneeze. - -sche (discuss) 19:29, 10 February 2021 (UTC)Reply