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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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snik-a-snee
snik-a-snee variant of snick-a-snee. Oxford English Dictionary
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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snickersnee
▪ I. snickersnee, n. (ˈsnɪkəsniː) Also snicker-, snikker-snee. [Alteration of snick or snee.] 1. = snick-a-snee 1.1727 Boyer Dict. Royal ii, Snicker-snee (the Dutch way of fighting with pointed Knives). 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Snikker-Snee, a combat with knives. 2. A large knife.1775 Ash Dict.... Oxford English Dictionary
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