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snapper up
noun
- a person who snaps up bargains, etc
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This is unseen by the average snapper-up of old clocks, or when seen not understood.
From Project Gutenberg
It simply means a thief on a grand scale, something more than "a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," or petty-larceny rascal.
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As to me, I am a mere legal Autolycus, a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles of evidence.
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He was a diligent "snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," who would never set even the Manzanares on fire.
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Autolycus, aw-tol′i-kus, n. a thief: a snapper up of unconsidered trifles: a plagiarist.
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