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had been sniggering
  • past perfect progressive of snigger.

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"Gad zooks, master," cried Smollett, who had been sniggering for some time back.

From The Captain of the Polestar by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

"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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir