"sneaksby" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sneaksbies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sneaksby (plural sneaksbies)
  1. (obsolete) A paltry person; a sneak. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sneaksby-en-noun-iGWcn9Ly Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1880, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Peter Anthony Motteux, The history of Don Quixote of la Mancha",
          "text": "I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion: I am no proud man, d'ye see, and when the liquor is offered me I whip it off, that they may not take me for a churl or a sneaksby, or think I don't understand myself nor good manners[…]",
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          "ref": "1996, Mona K. Gedney, A Lady of Quality",
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