snudge

/snʌd͡ʒ/

noun2

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(disapproving, no longer used) A greedy, stingy person; a miser.
- And thus your husbandrye me thincke, is more like the life of a couetous snudge that ofte very euill preues, then the labour of a good husbãde [husbande] that knoweth well what he doth. — 1545
(disapproving, no longer used) A dishonest and sneaky person.

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(dialect, no longer used) To lie quiet and snug; to nestle, to snuggle.
- Novv he vvill fight it out, and to the vvarres; / Novv eat his bread in peace, / And snudge in quiet: novv he scorns increase; / Novv all day spares. — 1633
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(no longer used) To save in a miserly manner; to hoard.
- Ill husbandry trudgeth with vnthrifts about, / good husbandry snudgeth for feare of a dout. — 1570
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(dialect, no longer used) Also followed by along: to walk with one's head down; to walk with a stoop.
- [T]o Snudge along, to go like an old Snudge, or like one vvhose Head is full of business, […] — 1687

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snudged · snudging · snudges · snudgeth