snifters
noun› Preceded by the.
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Scotland Synonym of sniffles or snuffles (“a minor ailment causing blocked nostrils or a runny nose; a cold”).
- The only disease I can remember to have seen in winter is what is vulgarly called the snifters, that is, a discharge of matter from the nose, which causes a noise in the nose like stifled breathing.1844, Henry Stephens, The Book of the Farm, volume 2, page 260: