Crossword clues for snootful
snootful
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
snootful
"as much (liquor) as one can take," 1885, from snoot (n.) + -ful.
Wiktionary
snootful
n. 1 (context informal English) A noseful. 2 (context informal English) A significant ingested quantity of an alcoholic beverage.
Usage examples of "snootful".
Getting his hands and his uniform dirty was at least as good a way of blowing off steam as getting a snootful of whiskey—.
I don't know why, but the thought that Bingley must have been pinching the thing at the very moment when Jeeves and I were sipping our snootfuls in the next room seemed to make it so particularly poignant.