the snobbery of some wine connoisseurs
(chiefly US) By a kind of reverse snobbery, he hated people from educated families and bragged about his working-class relatives.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
snob — snob; snob·bery; snob·bish; snob·bism; snob·by; snob·dom; snob·ling; snob·bish·ly; snob·bish·ness; … English syllables
bery — bar·bery; crab·bery; fib·bery; glib·bery; job·bery; luf·bery; new·bery·ite; rob·bery; rub·bery; shrub·bery; slab·bery; slob·bery; slum·bery; snob·bery; squib·bery; tim·bery; blub·bery; bob·bery; bib·bery; flub·dub·bery; … English syllables
snobbery — snob·bery … English syllables
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