snapper up


noun
  1. a person who snaps up bargains, etc

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How to use snapper up in a sentence

  • This is unseen by the average snapper-up of old clocks, or when seen not understood.

    Chats on Old Clocks | Arthur Hayden
  • It simply means a thief on a grand scale, something more than "a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," or petty-larceny rascal.

    Rookwood | William Harrison Ainsworth
  • As to me, I am a mere legal Autolycus, a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles of evidence.

    The Mystery of 31 New Inn | R. Austin Freeman
  • He was a diligent "snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," who would never set even the Manzanares on fire.

    Romantic Spain | John Augustus O'Shea
  • Autolycus, aw-tol′i-kus, n. a thief: a snapper up of unconsidered trifles: a plagiarist.