SNICKERSNEE


Meaning of SNICKERSNEE in English

/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 steken to STICK 2 + snij ( d ) en to cut ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .