"Bertie had been very pressing, and Frank had been cocking snooks when he's had one over the odds, and hinting at what he could say if Bertie pushed him too far." (from The Case is Closed, by Patricia Wentworth)
British slang is sometimes difficult for us Americans to understand. Bertie had been pressing Frank to pay the money he owed him, and Frank had been "thumbing his nose" at him, and when he would have too much to drink, he would hint at what he would do if Bertie didn't back off.
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