Meaning of snudge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A greedy, stingy person; a miser.
   intransitive, obsolete
2. A dishonest and sneaky person.
   intransitive, obsolete

Examples

“And thus your huſbandrye me thincke, is more like the life of a couetous ſnudge that ofte very euill preues, then the labour of a good huſbãde [husbande] that knoweth well what he doth.”

“Hiſtories are no ſnudges in matters of note: […]”

“Iſſue therefore forth amongſt good fellovvs, that vvill ſooner fight for thee, then thoſe ſnudges & miſerable cormorants that novv feede vpon thee.”

“And in that ſlepe (me thought) I heard the tunes / Of ſullen paſſions apt for Funerals, / And ſaw my Fathers liueleſſe body borne / By Satyres: O I feare that deitie / Hath ſtolne him hence, that Snudge his deſtinie.”

“[…] I 'll lay Five Pounds to a Hazelnut, the foul Thief has the very Looks of Gripe-me-now. […] [T]hou 'rt the right; for if we but examin that treacherous Review's ill-favour'd Phiz, we find that the filthy Snudge is yet more mischievous and ignorant than these ignorant Wretches here; […]”

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