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sneezer
UK /ˈsniːzə/ US /ˈsnizɚ/
noun 5
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3ADJ.
right
PREP.
in
ADV.
also
Definitions
noun
1
Someone who sneezes.
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.
2
A person's nose.
He punched me right in the sneezer!
3
Prison.
‘No cure for lads like you, is there?’ he said. ‘Except to throw you in the sneezer.’
4
A snuffbox.
He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker, has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]
5
A handkerchief.
Some person has deprived me of my East Indian silk handkerchief. — What, have you lost your sneezer?
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Hay feverites will be interested to know that Sydney Smith was also a sneezer.
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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 sti
Wiktionary03
He punched me right in the sneezer!
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