snigger

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Snigger, snig′ėr, v.i. to laugh in a half-suppressed, broken manner.—n. a half-suppressed laugh.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

When the child grew hungry and dangerously thin, he brought bottles of pap prepared by Mrs. Snigger, and administered it to him.

From Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire by Jenkins, Edward

The next night, sitting over the cheerful fire and comfortably resting after the labours of the day, I dreamed again, and I saw that Horatio Snigger was “the Office Boy” of Mr. Prigg. 

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

Had he not entered, Ginx's Baby, spite of Snigger, would in twenty-four hours have ceased to supply facts to history.

From Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire by Jenkins, Edward

He took no objection as he took the pap; while Snigger was glad to be able to do an unusual kindness without compromising the parish.

From Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire by Jenkins, Edward