snickersnee
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An alteration of snick or snee.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
snickersnee (plural snickersnees)
- A large sword-like knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “The criminal cried as he dropped him down”, in […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:
- As he squirmed and struggled,
And gurgled and guggled,
I drew my snickersnee,
My snickersnee!
- a. 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Little Billee:
- "First let me say my catechism, / Which my poor mamy taught to me." / "Make haste, make haste," says guzzling Jimmy, / While Jack pulled out his snickersnee.
- (archaic) A knife fight.
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Translations[edit]
a knife fight
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