- stick or snee
- stick or snee see ↑snickersnee• • •Main Entry: ↑stick
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snee — /snē/ (obsolete) intransitive verb To cut ORIGIN: Du snijden to cut • • • snick and snee, snick or snee, stick or snee see ↑snickersnee … Useful english dictionary
snick|er|snee — «SNIHK uhr SNEE», noun. a short sword or heavy knife: »As I gnashed my teeth, When from its sheath I drew my snickersnee (W. S. Gilbert). ╂[alteration of earlier stick or snee; see etym. under snick a snee (Cf. ↑snick a snee)] … Useful english dictionary
snickersnee — snick•er•snee [[t]ˈsnɪk ərˌsni[/t]] n. mil a knife, esp. one used as a weapon • Etymology: 1690–1700; alter. (by alliterative assimilation) of earlier stick or snee to thrust or cut < D steken to stick II+snij(d) en to cut … From formal English to slang
snickersnee — /snik euhr snee /, n. a knife, esp. one used as a weapon. [1690 1700; var. (by alliterative assimilation) of earlier stick or snee to thrust or cut < D steken to STICK2 + snij(d)en to cut] * * * … Universalium
snickersnee — [snik′ər snē΄] n. [< snick or snee, earlier stick or snee, combat with knives < Du steken, to thrust, stab + snijden, to cut] Rare a large knife, designed for use as a thrusting and cutting weapon … English World dictionary
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snickersnee — 1690s, originally fight with knives, from snick or snee (1610s), from Du. steken to thrust, stick + snijden to cut (Cf. Ger. schneiden) … Etymology dictionary
