snipper-snapper
nounUK /ˈsnɪpəˌsnæpə/ · US /ˈsnɪpəɹˌsnæpəɹ/
Etymology From late 16th c.
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Colloquial, Dated A worthless or insignificant person.
- 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:
- 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: