posy sniffer

plural posy sniffers · alternative posy-sniffer

1. derogatoryslangAn effeminate man.

   That ain't gonna sound i very good for a hero to be a posy sniffer.

   1995, Mike Blakely, Shortgrass Song, →ISBN, page 214

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   Buster, the boys say you are a posy sniffer and they'll take the leggin's to you if they catch you wearing dresses.

   1988, Stories - Volumes 20-30, page 24

   Synonyms: cockney

2. derogatoryslangAn environmental activist.

   He could work himself into a great froth over the environmentalists, or “posy sniffers,” as he called them.

   2008, Dan O'Neill, A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage Along the Yukon River, →ISBN

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   Are all the tree huggers and posy sniffers too busy saving the whales to join hands and lie down in front of even one cement truck?

   1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 140

   "They're posy sniffers," was the derogatory assessment by one Healy resident just a few road miles to the north.

   2006, Robert James Wolfe, Playing with Fish and Other Lessons from the North, →ISBN, page 33

   Synonyms: quiche-eater, sissy, greenie, lentil-weaver, tree hugger, yoghurt-knitter