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sneak-cup app. an error for sneak-up n.1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. iii. 99 Falst. How? the Prince is a Iacke, a Sneake-Cuppe. 1673 S'too him Bayes 99 You will but cry like Falstaff (when the Prince asked him if he had said he was a Sneak-Cup).
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▪ I. sneak-up, n. (ˈsniːkʌp) [f. sneak v.; see also sneak-cup.] A mean, servile, or cringing person; a sneak; a shirk.1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. iii. 99 (Q.), The prince is a iacke, a sneakeup. 1620 Shelton Quix. ii. xlv. 299 You must set other manner of Coltes vpon me then this poore nasty sneake...
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