Green’s Dictionary of Slang

snub devil n.

a parson.

1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1834		‘Jack Downing’ Andrew Jackson 121: In spite of all the snub-divils in Italy.
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.