Snuffled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
     G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
     {Sniffle}.]
     To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
     it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.


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           One clad in purple
           Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
           Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
                                                    --Dryden.
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