'Sniggersint.
? Obsolete.
A form of minced oath.
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nigsc1576
'Sneaks1602
od's nigsa1625
niggers1633
'Sniggers1633
'Snigsa1643
Gad's nigs1651
Gad's niggers1694
1633 Match at Mid-night i. i Sniggers! what does the devil and a saint both in a sign?
1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. i. xvii. 85 Odd's niggers! this smells strong of intrigues.
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxi I sniggers if you didn't frighten us properly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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