- snip-snap-snorum
- snip-snap-snorum /snip-snap-snöˈrəm/nounA children's game of turning up cards, to the calls of ‘snip’, ‘snap’ and ‘snorum’ORIGIN: LGer snipp-snapp-snorum
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snip — {{11}}snip (n.) 1550s, small piece of cut out cloth, probably from Dutch or Low German snippen to snip, shred, of imitative origin. Snip snap snorum, the card game, is 1755, from Low German. {{12}}snip (v.) 1580s, from SNIP (Cf. snip) (n.).… … Etymology dictionary
snipsnapsnorum — |snipˌsnapˈsnōrəm, nȯr noun ( s) Etymology: Low German snipp snapp snurr, snipp snapp snorum, from snipp + snapp + snurr, snorum, interjections used during play : a game in which one player lays a card on the table, the others in turn must match … Useful english dictionary
