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English
Etymology
From late 16th c.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
snipper-snapper (plural snipper-snappers)
- (colloquial, dated) A worthless or insignificant person.
1883, Mary Jane Holmes, Queenie Hetherton: A Novel, page 406:Why, I thought you liked it immensely : women generally do; but it shows your good sense not to want to be stared at and written up by a lot of snipper-snappers.
1914, Devabrata Mukherjee (translator), Rabindranath Tagore (original), The Post Office:Let me find him once and I'll make him dance. Oh, you snipper-snapper! I'll get the King's letter sent to your house indeed I will!
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