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noun

Snob n.

A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors. "Essentially vulgar, a snob. a gilded snob, but none the less a snob."

(Eng. Univ.) A townsman. (Canf)

A journeyman shoemaker. (Prov. Eng.)

A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick. "Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs, the men who stand out being "nobs""

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"Snob" Quotes from Famous Books

... sir, but I admire Doris Martin. I like to see a girl like her liftin' herself out of the common gang. She's the smartest young lady in the village, an' not an atom of a snob. No, no. She isn't for Fred Elkin. Before this murder cropped up everybody would have it that Mr. ...

— The Postmaster's Daughter • Louis Tracy

... go to parties at the Viceregal Lodge," said Phyl, flushing to think of what a snob she had been when only a few days back she had criticised the Hennesseys and their set in her own mind. These honest, straightforward good people were not snobs, whatever else they might be, and if her desire for America had been prompted solely by the desire to escape from the ...

— The Ghost Girl • H. De Vere Stacpoole

... retired colonels. The woods are full of 'em over there, crawling with 'em. Most Americans are colonels and not retired. Besides, this chap of mine's no good anyhow —fancies himself as a politician, and is a first-class snob; has no tact; rubs up the passengers the wrong way, and outrages their feelings. We got a lot of people from the north of England, rich and a bit crude, like me. Will you believe it, Colonel Corkran began his job by sneering audibly ...

— It Happened in Egypt • C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson

... shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs. Between ourselves Roger is a bit of a snob. The degradation to a Prince of Araby to be turned into an animal so ludicrous, the delight of a Prince of Araby at regaining his own form, it is this that he chiefly dwells upon. Really, I think you or I would have been equally delighted. I am sure we can guess ...

— Once on a Time • A. A. Milne

... friends was rather sorry that he should become a contributor, fearing that it would lower his status in the literary world! It was in Punch, nevertheless, that his first real triumph was won. The "Snob Papers" attracted universal attention, and were still running when he moved to Young Street. Here he began more serious work, and scarcely a year later "Vanity Fair" was brought out in numbers, according to the fashion made popular ...

— The Kensington District - The Fascination of London • Geraldine Edith Mitton

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