snapper up
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Historical Examples of snapper up
He was a diligent "snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," who would never set even the Manzanares on fire.
Romantic SpainJohn Augustus O'Shea
As to me, I am a mere legal Autolycus, a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles of evidence.
The Mystery of 31 New InnR. Austin Freeman
It simply means a thief on a grand scale, something more than "a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," or petty-larceny rascal.
RookwoodWilliam Harrison Ainsworth