snobling
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]snobling (plural snoblings)
- (humorous, dated) A little snob.
- 1846 February 28 – 1847 February 27, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “On Clerical Snobs and Snobbishness”, in The Book of Snobs, London: Punch Office, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 47:
- In either of which cases, you see, dear Snobling, that though the parson would not have been authorised, yet he might have been excused for interfering.
References
[edit]- “snobling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.