snool
/snuːl
/noun Scottish & Northern English
An obsequious or sly person: none of her children are snools...
- I would rather be the snool than the shuffler.
- He gets scant credit for his efforts, and I'd be a snool to make any appearance of stealing his thunder.
- You, or any one of us, will never be a snool.
Origin
Early 18th century: of unknown origin.
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