snipper-snapper

UK/ˈsnɪpəˌsnæpə/US/ˈsnɪpəɹˌsnæpəɹ/

noun

A worthless or insignificant person.

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Meanings

nounsnipper-snapper (plural snipper-snappers)

plural snipper-snappers

  1. colloquialdatedA worthless or insignificant person.

    Let me find him once and I'll make him dance. Oh, you snipper-snapper! I'll get the King's letter sent to your house indeed I will!

    1914, Devabrata Mukherjee (translator), Rabindranath Tagore (original), The Post Office
    1 more example

    Why, I thought you liked it immensely : women generally do; but it shows your good sense not to want to be stared at and written up by a lot of snipper-snappers.

    1883, Mary Jane Holmes, Queenie Hetherton: A Novel, page 406

Origin

From late 16th c.

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