SNICKERSNEE


Meaning of SNICKERSNEE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsni-kə(r)-ˌsnē ]

noun

Etymology: obsolete snick or snee to engage in cut-and-thrust fighting, alteration of earlier steake or snye, from Dutch steken of snijden to thrust or cut

Date: circa 1775

: a large knife

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.