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Noun
sneaksby (plural sneaksbies)
- (obsolete) A paltry person; a sneak.
- 16??, Isaac Barrow
- such a superstitious fop, such a conscientious simpleton, such a bashful sneaksby
1880, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Peter Anthony Motteux, The history of Don Quixote of la Mancha:I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion: I am no proud man, d'ye see, and when the liquor is offered me I whip it off, that they may not take me for a churl or a sneaksby, or think I don't understand myself nor good manners […]
1996, Mona K. Gedney, A Lady of Quality:"You are such a sneaksby, Lacey. You know how irritating Mama finds him, and yet you write to him secretly. Mama will not be pleased with you."
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