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snoozer
noun 3
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noun
1
One who snoozes; a sleeper.
2
Something that is boring, uninteresting or unremarkable; something that would tend to induce sleep.
The program is usually pretty good, but last Wednesday's episode was a real snoozer.
3
A thief who steals from hotel rooms while staying as a hotel guest.
[…] a "snoozer," or one of those thieves who take up their quarters at hotels […]
2023, Adrian and Dawn L. Bridge, Manchester Murders and Misdemeanours A snoozer, though, was a criminal who focussed exclusively upon stealing from hotels. Snoozers were looked upon as being the aristocrats of the criminal world during much of the nineteenth century.
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The program is usually pretty good, but last Wednesday's episode was a real snoozer.
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[…] a "snoozer," or one of those thieves who take up their quarters at hotels […]
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2023, Adrian and Dawn L. Bridge, Manchester Murders and Misdemeanours A snoozer, though, was a criminal who focussed exclusively upon stealing from hotels. Snoozers were looked upon as being the arist
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