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snarfer

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Etymology

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    From snarf +‎ -er.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    snarfer (plural snarfers)

    1. (slang) One who snarfs (eats or drinks greedily).
      • 2011, Bruce Weinstein, Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them: And 100 Other Myths About Food and Cooking: Plus 25 Recipes to Get It Right Every Time, New York, N.Y. []: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 242:
        But from lunch to dinner, there's sometimes an eight-hour gap. It's too long; we get hungry, need to snack. And so we become both nibblers and snarfers all in one day.

    References

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    1. ^ snarfer, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.