The trouble is the counts quarrel on politics and make snorty sounds at each other, so they have to be kept from colliding.
"The Lightning Conductor Discovers America"
C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
At the word 'whales,' let the music go snorty; an' for wells, gliddery; an' likewise in a moving dulcet manner for the holy an' humble Men o' heart.
"I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
I'll tell you, when a snorty old train, which assays two pecks of cinders per car, hauls the most wonderful girl on earth into your town and dumps her into your arms-so to speak, and bunching up events a little-you're bound to love that train.
"Homeburg Memories"
George Helgesen Fitch