sniffles
Britishplural noun
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a cold in the head
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the sniffling that sometimes accompanies weeping or prolonged crying
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If you want a place to start, here’s the hippie bowl I keep making lately — the one that’s been getting me through gray days and lingering sniffles.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
It made parents more wary of illness, so when children get sniffles, they want to keep them off.
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
“Be prepared for the possibility that those sniffles or symptoms after coming back will be COVID.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024
To deliver sentiment, the film instead relies on a score that sniffles as though a racehorse is being taken out to get shot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Then again, I always end up in Mom's bed whenever I get sick, even if it's just a case of the sniffles.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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