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Definition of Snaffled
1. snaffle [v] - See also: snaffle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snaffled
Literary usage of Snaffled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horse and His Master: With Hints on Breeding, Breaking, Stable by Vere D De Vere Hunt (1859)
"In Ireland we say, as one of the best commendations we can bestow, that such a
horse is " well snaffled," that he is light on hand, and so forth; and yet, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Snach-apple, the game of snap apple. Snachy, snappy, ill-tempered. SNAFFLE, to
take unfairly ; to steal. " The brawls aboot a lyin-tide— Or snaffled torns ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"But just then Lady Merle signaled the retreat, and when the men came out, somebody
else snaffled Col- ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1900)
"They finished off the men, and snaffled the sheep and as much grain as they could
carry, and came back. No one fired a shot at 'em. ..."
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