sniggle
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Scots wha fish wi’ salmon roe, Scots wha sniggle as ye go, Wull ye stand the Bailie?
From Introduction to the Compleat Angler by Andrew Lang
A subdued sniggle followed this sally of wit, during which John took his seat with such native grace as he could command, which at the moment was not much.
From Jess by Henry Rider Haggard
Molly and Douglas did not like church; their fair heads were close together, and occasionally a faint sniggle would cause nurse to look round with stern reproval.
From Odd by Amy Le Feuvre
He heard Hydeman's sniggle of laughter behind him.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Richard Connell
"Well," said cousin Horace, "now we've done the mine; and this evening, Dotty, you and I will go and sniggle for eels."
From Dotty Dimple Out West by Sophie May
Mary’s face wore its usual blank stare, Barbara sniggled with obvious contempt, Nancy veiled her eyes with her thick, dark lashes, Susan flushed suddenly a brilliant red.
From Etheldreda the Ready A School Story by Charles Horrell
"What a funny thing to say!" thought Gwen, about a mere portrait, and she sniggled a little.
From The New Warden by Mrs. David G. Ritchie
Then the nuns at the abbey hired us to catch eels — and we’ve been sniggling ever since.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
Our idea of November sport with the rod is sniggling for goldfish in the conservatory.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
"An accident, I hope?" with a little sniggling laugh.
From The New Rector by Stanley John Weyman
The device still lingers in France and in a few remote parts of England in the method of catching eels which is known as "sniggling."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
Wildrake laughed without ceremony at the gross ignorance of Desborough, and was joined by a sniggling response from behind the cupboard, which, when inquired into, proved to be produced by the serving-men.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
