v. colloq. or dial. [Cf. SNOOZE v. and NUZZLE v.1]
1. intr. To nestle and sleep or doze; to nuzzle.
1831. Westm. Rev., XV. 196. Comfortably snoozling like other birds deep in the fertilizing warmth of their downy boxes.
1862. Sala, Seven Sons, I. vii. 177. The little dog, snoozling on the hearthrug, lifted up his blinking eyes.
1881. G. D. Leslie, Our River, 12. There were a lot of black Berkshire pigs snoozling in the straw.
2. trans. To thrust affectionately.
1847. E. Brontë, Wuthering Heights, I. iii. 63. A dog … that snoozled its nose over forwardly into her face.
1894. ‘G. Egerton,’ Discords, 187. The dog … snoozles her snout into the palm of his hand.
Hence Snoozledom, the state of nestling and dozing in bed.
1865. D’Arcy Thompson, Odds & Ends, iii. 6. How precious are the last five minutes of snoozledom!
