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SNICKERSNEE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
to engage in cut-and-thrust fighting, alteration of earlier steake or snye, from Dutch steken of snijden to thrust or cut. www.merriam-webster.com
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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. en.wiktionary.org
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snick-a-snee, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun snick-a-snee is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for snick-a-snee is from 1673 ... www.oed.com
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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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SNICKERSNEE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
snickersnee in American English (ˈsnɪkərˌsni ) noun Rare a large knife, designed for use as a thrusting and cutting weapon. www.collinsdictionary.com
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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. www.oed.com
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snik-a-snee
snik-a-snee variant of snick-a-snee. Oxford English Dictionary
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SND :: snaesnicksnee - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Eh, the tow-row-row O' the brawny gow As he skelps on the stithy wi' a snae-snick-snee. ... Snae-snick-snee n. Snaff v. Snaffle v., n. Snag n.2 · Snag v., n ... www.dsl.ac.uk
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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. www.yourdictionary.com
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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 ... www.colonialsense.com
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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, ... www.reddit.com
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snickersnee - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
A knife resembling a sword. [Alteration of obsolete stick or snee, to cut and thrust in fighting with a knife, partial translation of ... ahdictionary.com
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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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