snigger
verb (used with or without object)
had been sniggering
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past perfect progressiveof snigger.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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"Gadzooks, master," cried Smollett, who had been sniggering for some time back.
From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Gad zooks, master," cried Smollett, who had been sniggering for some time back.
From The Captain of the Polestar by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
