Meaning of snotter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
2. The wattles of a turkeycock.
   countable, uncountable
3. Snot; mucus.
   Scotland, countable, uncountable
4. A handkerchief.
   UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
5. A pickpocket who steals handkerchiefs.
   UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable

Examples

“We had our regular rendezvous, […] where we refreshed ourselves with meat and drink, sung obscene and abominable songs […], instructed the younger members systematically in prigging (stealing,) concerted robberies, washed and valued "snotters" (handkerchiefs,) and disposed of them, besides the other practices of a nefarious and abandoned fraternity.”

“You're barely breaking even with the snotters stealing handkerchiefs in the square.”

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