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Snorter

noun

Someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound.

Something outstandingly difficult.

Something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent. "The storm wasn't long but it was a snorter"

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"Snorter" Quotes from Famous Books

... one said, 'I move that instanter We sell out our horses and quit, The brutes ought to win in a canter, Such trials they do when they're fit. The last one they ran was a snorter — A gallop to gladden one's heart — Two-twelve for a mile and a quarter, And finished ...

— The Man from Snowy River • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson

... Club mingles work and play in a thoroughly Bohemian fashion. A recent invitation card bid its members to attend a "Rip-Snorter at the Club House," stating that "provisions and provisos would be provided and Frou Frous be on tap." The exact significance of this cabalistic description is known only to the members and their guests. The same card announced that the new Constitution ...

— The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, 1895 • Various

... saying, 'I have an old score to settle with you, you scamp; you wanted to get me turned out of the club, didn't you?' And thereupon, remembering that he had threatened to wring my nose, I gave him a snorter upon his own. I wish you could have seen the fellow when he felt the smart; so far from trying to defend himself, he turned round, and with his hand to his face, attempted to run away, but I was now in a regular passion, and following him up, got before him, ...

— The Romany Rye - A Sequel to 'Lavengro' • George Borrow

... should know say that a colt may have no worse luck than to be foaled on a wet Friday. On a most amazingly wet Friday—rain above, slush below, and a March snorter roaring between—such was the ...

— Horses Nine - Stories of Harness and Saddle • Sewell Ford