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sneb | snob |

As a verb sneb

is (obsolete|or|dialect) to check; to reprimand.

As a noun snob is

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sneb

English

Verb

  • (obsolete, or, dialect) To check; to reprimand.
  • * 16th c', '', Book II, '''1725 , ''The Works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, Kt., in Prose and Verse , Volume 1, 14th Edition, page 410,
    • Thou heard'?t even now a young man ?neb me ?ore, / Because I read him, as I would my ?on.

    Synonyms

    * (check or reprimand) sneap, snib, snub

    References

    Webster's 1828 dictionary

    Anagrams

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    snob

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia snob)
  • (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.
  • * 1929 , (Frederic Manning), The Middle Parts of Fortune , Vintage 2014, p. 57:
    • The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […].
  • (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner.
  • * 1844 , (Charles Dickens), Martin Chuzzlewit :
    • 'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of men of taste: not snobs .'
  • * 1913 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Poison Belt :
    • I tell you, sir, that I have a brain of my own, and that I should feel myself to be a snob and a slave if I did not use it.
  • (informal) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.
  • * 1958 , (Arnold Wesker), Roots :
    • If wanting the best things in life means being a snob' then glory hallelujah I'm a ' snob .

    Derived terms

    * snobbery * snobbish * snobby

    Coordinate terms

    * posh * social climber

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