The Bloomsbury highbrow, with his mechanical snigger, is as out-of-date as the cavalry colonel. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion and the Unicorn] Reference
Christine made a sound that I would have called snigger if it had issued from someone less patrician. From Wordnik.com. [Dead As A Doornail]
If you ask for miel, you’ll certainly be understood, but you might get a snigger from the shopkeeper. From Wordnik.com. [Albures, or Dirty Spanish 101] Reference
Sources close to the DUP ministerial team 'snigger' at the cross-border bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Slugger O'Toole] Reference
Mere "crocodile's tears," some may snigger; but jeers. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 19, 1891] Reference
"The mornings are chilly," said Acton, with a snigger. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
"Yes, honor!" spat Bandari, who heard a snigger from Pratt. From Wordnik.com. [Haven]
There were distinct overtones of snigger in Kantors voice. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Valor]
"That'll never be your case," retorted Tommy, with a snigger. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
'You may bloody snigger,' he said, 'but I'm giving you the goods. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
I hate his ugly throat, his nose, his eyes, his shameless snigger. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
“And does the husband in!” finished the notary, with a snigger. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Headless Corpse]
The words “How amusing!” floated back, and a soft echoing snigger. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spoon] Reference
And the Anglo-Indians snigger and sneer with the jest of a bitter tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 23, 1892] Reference
Another lazy-minded speculation undertaken in order to snigger at neocons. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
"Ye'r a fine chap, Tom, to give a fellow h'infumation," he said with a snigger. From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
I've never seen any, and, if they existed, people would snigger or gasp in horror. From Wordnik.com. [Juliet Linley: European vs. American Parental Pride] Reference
This is our last permissible bigotry, to hate the French, with a "knowing" snigger. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Saturday Roundup] Reference
That rascal Ferfitchkin followed with his nasty little snigger like a puppy yapping. From Wordnik.com. [Notes from Underground] Reference
Only a degenerate could snigger at a conflict that has killed so many honourable men. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
I could imagine Augustus's triumphant snigger, and all the humiliation of the return. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Instead of a discourse on opposites and paradox, however, there had been another snigger. From Wordnik.com. [Even Cowgirls Get The Blues]
There was a snigger from the audience, because of course Gloha's natural body was goblin dark. From Wordnik.com. [Harpy Thyme]
Extricating himself from under his coat, Mr. Golyadkin distinctly heard the two lackeys snigger. From Wordnik.com. [The Double] Reference
Like him or not, that was one point that it was hard for even hidebound conservatives to snigger at. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Marino: American Values, Glimpsed Through Our Health Care Policies] Reference
If I see anybody snigger at me, I always ask 'em what it's for; for I'd as lieve they'd let it alone. '. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
Woke up at 8plus am to snigger at my classmate's plights of having to wake up at 5 or 6 plus to go to school. From Wordnik.com. [yanxious Diary Entry] Reference
“Those innocent eyes slit my soul up like a razor,” he used to say afterwards, with his loathsome snigger. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
There are some rather dull fragments of murals from Pompeii and the sort of sculptures that pubescent boys snigger over. From Wordnik.com. [It is interesting that Sir George Young took the opportunity...] Reference
And snigger as the GOP tries to detonate itself over dogmatic primary challenges instead of rebuilding a national party. From Wordnik.com. [Susan J. Demas: The Confidence Gap Between Democrats And Republicans] Reference
He stared straight ahead at the back of the neck of the police driver who was almost choking as he tried to suppress a snigger. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Frost]
Clip had the sense not to play any more ribald melodies on his sax-hom, but on occasion he could not quite contain a faint musical snigger. From Wordnik.com. [Juxtaposition]
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