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someone who acts in a sly and secret manner
  • she's such a sneaker I wouldn't trust her any farther than I could throw her

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The first known use of sneaker was in 1598

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“Sneaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneaker. Accessed 27 Sep. 2020.

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