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English
Etymology 1
Verb
sniggered
- simple past and past participle of snigger
Etymology 2
Adjective
sniggered (not comparable)
- (British, obsolete, slang) Damned, in the sense of "I'll be damned if...", expressing utter certainty.
- Synonym: jiggered
1863, Elizabeth Caroline Grey, Good Society; Or, Contrasts of Character, page 52:I'm sniggered if I knows what it means.
1886, George William M. Reynolds, The mysteries of the court of London, volume 8, page 174:I'm sniggered if this ain't a pretty job!
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary