10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNIPPERSNAPPER»
Discover the use of
snippersnapper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
snippersnapper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Verbivore's Feast: A Banquet of Word and Phrase Origins
The formation whippersnapper, in turn, was likely modeled after the earlier
snippersnapper, a term reserved for a small, selfimportant, conceited young man.
John Ford, in his 1638 The Fancies, Chast and Noble, wrote, “Thou'rt a
prickeared ...
Chrysti (the Wordsmith.), 2004
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Emerson in His Journals
The least people do most entirely demolish me. I always find some quarter, &
some orts of respect from the mediocre. But a snippersnapper eats me whole.
There is no activity but accomplishes somewhat. A man is sometimes offended at
the ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte, 1984
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Watts's telgraphic cypher
... 8782. .sneehaetten ..slavehunt 8783. .sneezewort ..slaveocracy 8784. .snicker
..slavetrade 8785. .snippersnapper ..slavonia 8786. .snobbischness ..sleekness
8787. .snobocracy ..sleeper 8788. .snorter ..sleidan 8789. .snowball ..sliderpump
...
Watts Joseph A.D. and co, 1872
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Beacon Lights of History: European leaders
The way he eyed me was enough to extinguish me, as I once saw Daniel
Webster survey a young snippersnapper who introduced him to a Salem
audience. 'Ladies and gentlemen,' said the youthful president of the Lyceum, in a
weak and ...
... but my horse vanished away, and I sat upon a bottle of hay, never so near
drowning in my life. But I'll seek out my Doctor, and have my forty dollars again, or
I'll make it the clearest horse l—Oh, yonder is his snippersnapper. -— Do you
hear?
Christopher Marlowe, Francis Cunningham, 1870
... that eitternheaded means ugly, in allusion to the grotesque-and monstrous
figures with which these and similar musical instruments were ornamented; that
knack is a slight, inconsiderate toy, and snippersnapper whatever of vituperative
the ...
John Ford, William Gifford, 1827
Poppy Cock, however, would take offense and on his first day Pop-In Jay Pomp
didn't quite want to upset the snippersnapper. Porcelain Piece stayed at Pop-In
Jay's side, inspiringly assisting him. She showed him the more important offices
in ...
... athletic jersey (61-b) singultus hiccups (69-a) slumgullion an insipid drink, such
as weak tea or coffee (230-c) smicket a woman's smock (English) (113-c)
snippersnapper whippersnapper (104-c) snoozle to cuddle, snuggle (103-a)
spanker ...
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Discover & Explore Toronto's Waterfront: A Walker's Jogger's ...
One of the club's most popular members was the “Bard of Balmy Beach,” Ted
Reeve, a sports writer with the Dlegram newspaper who created a trio of never-to
-be—forgotten characters on the Toronto scene, Alice Snippersnapper, Moaner ...
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Sometimes a Light Surprises
“You whippersnappers probably don't even know,” he told them recently, “that
whippersnapper is an altered form of the older word snippersnapper.” Les said
no, he wasn't interested in old words, so he didn't know that and didn't care, either
.
Jamie Langston Turner, 2009
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNIPPERSNAPPER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
snippersnapper is used in the context of the following news items.
Historicist: Huskies and Hoops
Telegram columnist Ted Reeve, under the nom de plume Alice Snippersnapper, waxed poetic about the grumbling Husky: Under the spreading basket hoop «Torontoist, Nov 10»
Larry Power, renown statistics keeper of Ontario lacrosse
Reeve's stories regaled of characters he created like Moaner McGruffey, Alice Snippersnapper and Nutsy Fagan, with traits copied from athletes he knew. «Peterborough Examiner, Oct 08»
