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sneezer|ˈsniːzə(r)|
[f. sneeze v.]
1. One who sneezes.
1648Hexham ii, Een Nieser, a Sneeser. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 65 The Ancients said, that Sneezers..were indicated by excrementitious humours..in the Ventricles..of the Brain. 1801Monthly Mag. XII. 224 He proves from Petronius..that the custom of blessing sneezers was established among the Romans. 1882Lubbock Orig. Civil. App. 495 A sneeze..is evidence..that the sneezer was possessed by some evil-disposed spirit.
2. In various slang, colloq., or dial. senses:
a. A snuff-box.
b. The nose.
c. A dram or drink, esp. a stiff one.
d. A pocket-handkerchief.
The Eng. Dial. Dict. gives other purely dial. uses.
a.1725New Cant. Dict., Cog a Sneezer, Beg a..Snuff⁓box. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. 1839Slang Dict. 34.
b.1820Sporting Mag. VI. 271 Hawkins put a tremendous nobber on the tip of Paddy's sneezer.
c.1823E. Moor Suffolk Words, Sneeser, or Sneezer,..also..means a dram. 1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 290 He knew he should get a sneezer of something short for his trouble. 1868Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 363 My New York landlord made me a ‘Rocky Mountain sneezer’.
d.1857Slang Dict. 19.
e. Something exceptionally good, great, strong, violent, etc., in some respect (cf. quots.).
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words, Sneeser, or Sneezer, a severe blow. 1836Haliburton Clockm. i. viii, It's awful to hear a minister swear; and the only match I know for it, is to hear a regular sneezer of a sinner quote Scripture. Ibid. xiii, I have one [horse] a proper sneezer, a chap that can go ahead of a rail-road steamer. 1855F. Francis Newton Dogvane (1888) 242 What a fine breeze we have! a regular sneezer. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Sneezer, a stiff gale of wind. 1902Westm. Gaz. 22 July 3/1 The ball he bowled Fry with..was what he would himself describe as a ‘sneezer’. |