whiff-sniffer

whiff-sniffer

and wiff-sniffer
n. a prohibitionist; someone always alert for the smell of alcohol on someone’s breath. (Prohibition.) No wiff-sniffer is going to tell me what to do.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • wiff
  • wiff-sniffer
  • get someone's dander up, to
  • cover
  • grab (someone or something) by the throat
  • grab someone by the throat
  • grab someone/something by the throat
  • grease someone's palm/fist, to
  • help (someone) along
  • help along