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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
snivel .
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Examples
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Well, 'tis because the Baron owns to having "snivelled," if you will, when reading a delightful story, published by MACMILLAN in one volume ( "bless all good stories in _one_ vol., clearly printed!" says the Baron, parenthetically), entitled simply, _Tim_.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 Various
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Dem presidents have nominated accomplished, talented jurists not overly ideological while GOP presidents have nominated halfwitted ideologues then snivelled like the punks they are when anyone to the left of Attila the Hun was nomintaed by a Dem.
Think Progress » Kyl: GOP Willing To Filibuster Obama’s Yet-To-Be-Named SCOTUS Nominee 2010
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He came in with a name MEANT to insult us then snivelled for about ten posts about us insulting him.
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He came in with a name MEANT to insult us then snivelled for about ten posts about us insulting him.
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He came in with a name MEANT to insult us then snivelled for about ten posts about us insulting him.
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How stupid are YOU that you think we wouldnt notice this while you snivelled incessantly about our insults.
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What happened when Gore snivelled and demanded that the votes be recounted?
Think Progress » ‘Vanishing’ Pelosi To Appear At Multiple Public Rallies Tomorrow 2006
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He threwed his fit up to his aers, rolled his poligone eyes, snivelled from his snose and blew the guff out of his hornypipe.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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He snivelled exquisitely whilst I lay into him with my moonbeam cannon.
IOM 46-100 with comments Miss Snark 2005
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On the contrary, she laid her head against Haso's massive shirt front and snivelled and gulped, while his great arms held her with a comfort which was reassuringly avuncular.
Paradise For Two Neels, Betty 1989
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