sneezer
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 7
/ˈsniːzə/
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/ˈsniːzə/ · /ˈsnizɚ/
Definition of sneezer
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Someone who sneezes.
“Hay feverites will be interested to know that Sydney Smith was also a sneezer.”
“In New York and Chicago, laws were passed making it illegal to sneeze or cough in public without using a handkerchief. Police dutifully hauled sneezers and coughers to court, where they were given stiff fines.”
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noun
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Someone who sneezes.
“Hay feverites will be interested to know that Sydney Smith was also a sneezer.”
“In New York and Chicago, laws were passed making it illegal to sneeze or cough in public without using a handkerchief. Police dutifully hauled sneezers and coughers to court, where they were given stiff fines.”
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(slang)A person's nose.
“He punched me right in the sneezer!”
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(US, dated, slang)Prison.
“‘No cure for lads like you, is there?’ he said. ‘Except to throw you in the sneezer.’”
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(UK, obsolete, slang)A snuffbox.
“He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker, has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]”
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(UK, obsolete, slang)A handkerchief.
“Some person has deprived me of my East Indian silk handkerchief. — What, have you lost your sneezer?”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From sneeze + -er.
Words you can make from sneezer
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