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Something to sneeze at?
Answer for the clue "Something to sneeze at? ", 6 letters:
dander
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Word definitions for dander in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1831, American English, "temper," of unknown origin; perhaps originally from figurative use of West Indies dander , dunder "fermentation of sugar," from Spanish redundar "to overflow," from Latin redundare (see redundant ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Niki somehow felt this was a make-or-break race for him; his pride was dented, his dander up. ▪ Our politicians rail about crime and fluff our dander up at election time.
Usage examples of dander.
Instinctively he flapped his wings, scattering dander and loose feathers.
The moment a man answered her right back instead of getting his dander up, why, she flashed a smile fit to charm the warts off a toad.
Kenny K does seem rather close to the Moi throne, which can usually be relied on to get her dander up.
Any other woman would have raised his dander by such remarks, but he was not offended.
So I dandered a bit and ended up in the Eldon Coffee Rooms in Blackett Street.
Since she didn't actually live with the Dedelphi, she'd been spared the necessity of depilating herself to keep her dander to a minimum.
There Gortal's scutters gathered the dustcat dander and processed it into the dreamdust, which was worth more than nightsilk in the Lanachronan cities of the south—and far more even than that for the little that traveled the ancient roads back to Lustrea in the east.