snarler

"Yeah," snarled the other guy, "well, why don't you write this down: You can't bet more than that $100 chip from now on. You can only play one hand and" — he turned to the dealer — "shuffle up on every couple of rounds, you hear me?"

…

"You don't mind if I play craps?" I asked them as I parted. "I'm not going to be hassled at craps, am I?"

"Play craps all you want," said the snarler, triumphant in his knowledge that no one could beat craps.

Tecla was neither a snarler nor a crab, but a good simple lady; yet she was a beata — one of the most temperate species.

Summer snarler comes up trumps, Manawatu Herald: "A Woodville Beef & Blue Cheese sausage has triumphed over out-of-town rivals in a fry-off."