[1595–1605; snort + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: condensation, exposure, redundant, toss, zero-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'snorter' in a sentence
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On second thoughts, perhaps we should hope it's not a snorter.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was the original snorter.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Whenever you thought he was near the end of a spell, he'd bowl another absolute snorter.