snarler

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who snarls.

2. 2

   A person with a disagreeable or antagonistic temperament.

   • Tecla was neither a snarler nor a crab, but a good simple lady; yet she was a beata — one of the most temperate species.
   • The domestic snarler is felt to be a curse and an ignoble varlet, since for small reasons, or no reasons, he will disturb domestic peace and engender discomfort.
   • […] ; his acquaintance with Wordsworth, whose Midas-ears he really persuaded himself to admire ; his intercourse with Godwin ; and his close alliance with that perverse and wrong-headed but brilliant snarler, Hazlitt.
3. 3

   One who uses a snarling iron.

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   1. 4

      A sausage.

      • ‘Are there any more snarlers in the pan?’ I said.
      • Summer snarler comes up trumps: A Woodville Beef & Blue Cheese sausage has triumphed over out-of-town rivals in a fry-off.

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