2007-04-03 15:39:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It It is an out of the date term referring to somebody who snobbish or unapprochable or very self-important.
2007-04-11 14:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by Boston Bluefish 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's an old-fashioned term for a snob. It can also mean a thief, but I grew up hearing it in the "snob" sense. Here's a dictionary definition:
"one who offends or irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech or manners) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree"
2007-04-03 15:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by solarius 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
People Reading Ignorant Garbage??? Like the NY times or the Washington Post?
2007-04-03 15:43:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
1. A fastidious, uppity person
2. 19th century cant (London slang) for a thief
2007-04-03 20:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by Keselyű 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isnt it that thing that sticks out of a mans pajamas that you can hang a hat on??? LOL
2007-04-11 06:20:08 · answer #5 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Prude.
2007-04-03 17:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mariah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to me cause i dont know what it is
2007-04-11 07:47:23 · answer #7 · answered by Child of God* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a proud pig - arrogant and nasty
2007-04-03 15:43:12 · answer #8 · answered by charmaine f 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A snob suffering from too much propriety...................
2007-04-03 15:46:51 · answer #9 · answered by Barbara J 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
someone that is snobbish
2007-04-11 11:57:36 · answer #10 · answered by sylar's girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋