ˈsnotty-nosed, a.
[Cf. prec.]
Having the nose running or dirty with snot; also, mean, paltry, contemptible.
| 1610 Selden English Janus Pref. 25 Let snotty nosed Fellows..approve what I write, or let them flout and fleer. 1712 Arbuthnot John Bull i. xv, My Husband took him in, a dirty, snotty-nosed Boy. 1721 Bailey, Snivelling, peaking, snotty-nosed, childish. 1886 Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 690 A snotty-nosed boy. 1894 J. Hartley Clock Alm. 2 (E.D.D.), Snotty-noased lads 'at aw remember. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Aug. 15/8 It was Walker who once told the Babe on a memorable occasion never to let down ‘those snotty-nosed kids’ who always loved him. 1971 P. Audemars Stolen like Magic Away v. 66 All that love and..passion—thrown away every day on a bunch of snotty-nosed kids who take it..for granted. 1978 N. J. Crisp London Deal vii. 109 There's a snotty nosed young DC from the Yard sitting in his car outside. |