adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling snuff
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covered with or smelling of snuff
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unpleasant; disagreeable
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Etymology
Origin of snuffy
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Born in 1885, in a grimy coal-mining village in Nottingham shire, Lawrence soon grew, as he himself said, into "a delicate pale brat with a snuffy nose" who "trotted after his mother like a shadow."
From Time Magazine Archive
Where the ancient snuffbox, where his snuffy old pocket-handkerchief?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 by Various
There was no doing any trade to speak of, and Lo Ben was in a very snuffy mood.
From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford
Jean François says there isn't any greater creative force in this world for pity than a very tearful, snuffy, turned-up, little girl-nose.
From Memories of a Musical Life by William Mason
I met a lady who remembers the philosopher well, as a snuffy old gentleman, very fond of stroking her hair, and seeing her and another little girl practise their dancing lessons.
From About London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
As for the Boston people, they resembled our good townsmen of Tryon County somewhat, though their clothes were of a more elegant cut, and even the snuffiest of them wore lace and buckles.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
“My sister-in-law’s guardian is an American artist with eccentric ideas about educating girls to see every phase of life,” said Judy in the stuffiest, snuffiest kind of voice.
From The Claw by Cynthia Stockley
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