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In some senses, snuffy is marked as obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
disagreeable, fellow, old
VERB + SNUFFY
contained, got
SNUFFY + NOUN
dowager
ADV.
once
adj
Soiled with snuff.
Resembling or characteristic of snuff.
Sulky; angry; vexed.
I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow
The postchaise contained a snuffy old dowager of seventy, with a maid, her contemporary.
Drunk.
She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard.
That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust.
Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.
I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow
WiktionaryThe postchaise contained a snuffy old dowager of seventy, with a maid, her contemporary.
WiktionaryShe could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard.
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In some senses, snuffy is marked as obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.