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snot-nosed
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Adjective snot-nosed has 2 senses
- snot-nosed(s = adj.all) bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish - (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
- snot-nosed(s = adj.all) snotty - dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids"
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