snift

Example Sentences

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I mean to say, when they snift they snift, and when they snuffle they—as it were—snuffle.

From Indiscretions of Archie by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Dat make Little Hahsie dat huffy he fair snift agen.

From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen

Deed an' I wasn't goin' t' let yo' hab so much as a snift at it, Colonel!

From The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story by Steele, Chester K.

Is I likely to make de grass fly much a-workin’? or is I de sort o’ one to work at all if dere was any oder snift of a chance o’ scoff?’ ses he.

From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen

Jest then I heerd a snift, like the coughin’ o’ a glandered hoss; an’ turnin’ suddintly round, I spied the biggest bar it hed ever been my luck to set eyes on.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne