snorters

ring-tailed snorter

1. old-fashioned A pig, referring to its curly ("ringed") tail and distinctive snorting. My city-slicker cousin couldn't tell a ring-tailed snorter from a cockerel, so I don't know why he'd want to come work on our farm for the summer.
2. old-fashioned A showy, eccentric, or outlandish person. Old Bill was a real ring-tailed snorter. He'd show up wearing the wildest outfits, with a personality bigger than could fit the room.
3. old-fashioned A fierce, enthusiastic, and energetic person. We pride ourselves on being ring-tailed snorters when it comes to selling your property at the best price possible.
4. old-fashioned An arrogant, pigheaded person. The new manager doesn't do a lick of work himself, just pushing other people around instead. A real ring-tailed snorter, in the words of my grandmother
See also: snorter

ripsnorter

An exceptionally funny joke. My dad told a ripsnorter at dinner last night that had us in stitches for hours. The stand-up comic got some good laughs throughout her whole show, but she had one ripsnorter toward the end that had the entire audience hooting and cheering.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ripsnorter

Rur. a remarkable person or thing; a hilarious joke. Old Fred is a real ripsnorter. Her new car is a rip-snorter, I tell you. Let me tell you a ripsnorter about a farmer and his cow.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • ringtail
  • ringtailed snorter
  • ring-tailed snorter
  • snorter
  • fashion
  • I'll be bound
  • a rogues' gallery
  • (Well,) I'll be blowed!
  • I'll be blowed
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It seemed to date back to the 1920s, when airplane pilots ordered small drinks at the bar that they called "short snorts." A rookie pilot had to pay for the drinks unless he could prove he had been around a little while--that he was a "short snorter"--by producing a dollar bill signed by fellow pilots.
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Operating at over 90mph, Tait had already got a couple of snorters to whizz past Vaughan's nose and in his second over managed to find the inside edge as the ball was chopped on to the stumps.
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The notices, as mentioned here recently, warn snorters that "we will eject anybody found in pairs in any toilets from the premises".
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There was the voiced, song-like variety and the louder, un-voiced noises from the grunters and the snorters. The latter were given the lowest rating for sexiness but performed better on the sliding scale for friendliness.
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The tempo then switches to a flamenco beat and she rattles off 13 more wiggles while climbing a flight of stairs before unveiling five rip snorters with her back to the crowd.
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In his first spell he bowled some real snorters at Herschelle Gibbs.
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