Meaning of Sneezer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who sneezes.
2. A person's nose.
   slang
3. Prison.
   US, dated, slang
4. A snuffbox.
   UK, obsolete, slang
5. A handkerchief.
   UK, obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Hay feverites will be interested to know that Sydney Smith was also a sneezer.”

“In New York and Chicago, laws were passed making it illegal to sneeze or cough in public without using a handkerchief. Police dutifully hauled sneezers and coughers to court, where they were given stiff fines.”

“He punched me right in the sneezer!”

“‘No cure for lads like you, is there?’ he said. ‘Except to throw you in the sneezer.’”

“He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker, has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]”

“Some person has deprived me of my East Indian silk handkerchief. — What, have you lost your sneezer?”

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