[f. SNUFF v.2 or SNUFF sb.1 4.] Annoyed, displeased; ready to take offence.

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1678.  Mrs. Behn, Sir Patient Fancy, IV. i. She left me in the very middle on’t so snuffy I’ll warrant.

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a. 1700.  B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Captious, Touchy, Snuffy.

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1825.  Jamieson, Suppl., Snuffie, sulky, displeased; often Snuffie-like, Clydes[dale].

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1845.  S. Judd, Margaret, I. xiii. 99. Don’t be snuffy, Molly, none of your mulligrubs.

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