sniggle
verb (used without object)
to fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places.
sniggler
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a word derived from
sniggle.
Example Sentences
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I do mind the jeering of Nelly the sniggler — her tongue could scrape the hair off a hide!
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
But I knew the gut was sound this time, and as I fancied he had risen to the sniggler, I had no anxiety about the tackle holding.
From Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang
There was no doubt that Madge was a most provoking and persistent sniggler.
From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by William Black
