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sniffles

/ ˈɪə /

plural noun

  1. the sniffles
    a cold in the head
  2. the sniffling that sometimes accompanies weeping or prolonged crying
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It made parents more wary of illness, so when children get sniffles, they want to keep them off.

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To deliver sentiment, the film instead relies on a score that sniffles as though a racehorse is being taken out to get shot.

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Some advocates and school systems — and the state of California — are now encouraging kids to come to class even when they have the sniffles or other nuisance illnesses like lice or pinkeye.

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