The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wit-snapper
Wit-snapper \Wit"-snap`per\, n.
One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Usage examples of "wit-snapper".
Not a rattle, not a buffoon, not a wit-snapper or a wisecracker, but a man whose conversation on any theme -- "from grave to gay, from lively to severe" -- was deft, elegant but not ornate, and witty in the sense that it was terse and apt and made brilliant but unexpected similitudes.