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SNICKERSNEE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
obsolete snick or snee to engage in cut-and-thrust fighting , alteration of earlier steake or snye, from Dutch steken of snijden to thrust or cut.
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snick or snee - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(intransitive, obsolete) To cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon. Related terms. edit · snickersnee.
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snick or snee, v. & n. meanings, etymology and more
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the phrase snick or snee. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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snick or snee
† snick or snee, v. and n. Obs. Also 7 steake or snye, stick or snee, 8 snic or snee; 7–8 snick-or-snee. [orig. ad. Du. steken (G. stechen) to thrust, stick, and snijen, snijden (G. schneiden) to cut, with subsequent assimilation of the st- of the first word to the sn- of the second. In the first qu...
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snick-a-snee, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
OED's earliest evidence for snick-a-snee is from 1673, in the writing of Aphra Behn, writer. snick-a-snee is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.
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Society-Lifestyle: Colonial Dictionary
Snick or snee was altered in the 18th century into snickersnee, a knife-combat, or the knife; Washington Irving used the word in FATHER KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY ...
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snick-a-snee
snick-a-snee ? Obs. Also 7 -sne. [Cf. prec. and snick or snee.] 1. A combat with cut-and-thrust knives.1673 A. Behn Dutch Lover iii. iii, There lies my sword, and..I tell you I am as good at Snick-a-sne as the best Don of you all. 1688 B. Willy On Dutch War in Jane Barker Poet. Recreat. ii. 56 But t...
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Snick-or-snee Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
verb (intransitive, obsolete) To cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon.
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In a word: snickersnee - Baltimore Sun
You are probably most familiar with this word for a large knife (pronounced SNICK-er-snee) from Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado.
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SND :: snaesnicksnee - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Snack adj., adv., n.2, v.2 · Snackery n. · Snackle n. · Snack-skate n. comb. · Snae n., v. · Snae-snick-snee n. · Snaff v. · Snaffle v., n.
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Snickersnee | A large knife; also *obsolete* snick or snee to engage ...
Snickersnee | A large knife; also *obsolete* snick or snee to engage in cut-and-thrust fighting, alteration of steake or snye, from Dutch ...
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An Interesting Word – Snickersnee - Concerning Writing
A snickersnee, according to The Free Online Dictionary, is an archaic word that means “a knife resembling a sword” or “the act of fighting with ...
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snick and snee
snick and snee ? Obs. Also 7 snic (snik) and snee, snick and sneer. [See snick or snee.] 1. a. v. To thrust and cut. b. adv. With thrusting and cutting. c. n. = snick-a-snee 1.c 1645 Howell Lett. i. xli, None must carry a pointed Knife about him; which makes the Hollander, who is us'd to Snick and S...
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Crosswordese
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WYO – Wyoming
Weaponry and warfare
ENOLA – Enola Gay, airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb
ETO – European Theater of Operations
SNEE – obsolete term for a dagger ("[Snick's partner]")
Miscellaneous crosswordese
ALAMO – mission in San Antonio, Texas, where the Battle of the Alamo
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