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Examples
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"He was too much on the snaff early and even the pacemakers struggled to go past us," said Moore.
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Gone the least bit beyond sniff and snaff at all? "
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Gone the least bit beyond sniff and snaff at all? "
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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"I took pretty good care, before I said 'sniff,' to be sure she would say 'snaff,' and pretty quick, too.
The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878
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"Before I said 'sniff,' I took care to know as she'd say 'snaff,' and pretty quick too.
Silas Marner (1885) 1861
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"Before I said" sniff ", I took care to know as she'd say" snaff ", and pretty quick too.
Silas Marner George Eliot 1849
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