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sniffles

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1. sniffles - Noun

2. sniffles - Verb

Meaning

sniffles

third-person singular simple present indicative of sniffle

sniffles

plural of sniffle

sniffles pl (plural only)

(colloquial, plural only, the sniffles) The symptom of a runny or congested nose accompanying a cold.
Many people have suffered from colds, the sniffles and other childhood illnesses.
Danny has been having the sniffles and the sneezes all week.

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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. O. Henry

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. O. Henry

The audience I joined was perhaps 80 percent female. I heard some sniffles and glimpsed some tears, and no wonder. Eat Pray Love is shameless wish-fulfillment, a Harlequin novel crossed with a mystic travelogue, and it mercifully reverses the life chronology of many people, which is Love Pray Eat. Roger Ebert

Hospitals are great places, and you can learn from them, but you don't necessarily need to go in anytime you get the sniffles. And maybe you shouldn't treat pregnancy as a disease. Sarah Wayne Callies

And if you or your partner have a family history of allergies, there’s a good chance your little one is predisposed to those seasonal sneezes and sniffles too. Source: Internet

And keep a in the glove compartment in case you or the kids get seasonal-allergy sniffles! Source: Internet

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