snotter
Britishnoun
verb
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to breathe through obstructed nostrils
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to snivel or blubber
Example Sentences
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What signified his bringing a woman here to snotter and snivel, and bather their Lordships?
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir
The snotter was a short piece of rope with a loop at each end.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
When raising the sail it was first partly hoisted, then the sprit was hooked in the loop and the snotter, after which the throat halyard was drawn taut.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
Then the snotter was pulled up the mast as far as it would go, flattening out the sail.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
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