English

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Etymology

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Contraction of snivel. Compare drool, from drivel.

Noun

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snool (plural snools)

  1. (UK, dialect, archaic) An abject, cowardly person who submits tamely to others.

Verb

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snool (third-person singular simple present snools, present participle snooling, simple past and past participle snooled)

  1. (UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To submit tamely to others.

References

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  • Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary.

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