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Definition of Snarks
1. snark [n] - See also: snark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snarks
Literary usage of Snarks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... while I tell you again The five unmistakable marks By which you may know,
wheresoever you go, The warranted genuine snarks. " Let us take them in order. ..."
2. A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1902)
"... while I tell you again The five unmistakable marks By which you may know,
wheresoever you go, The warranted genuine snarks. " Let us take them in order. ..."
3. The Development of Ballistic Missiles in the United States Air Force, 1945-1960 by Jacob Neufeld (1990)
"The use of snarks in the foregoing manner would extend and prolong the usefulness
... For snarks used as strike vehicles, the military requirements on CEP ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... method," the Bellman bold In a hasty parenthesis cried: — a That's exactly
the way I have always been told That the capture of snarks should be tried ! ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... from its giving fire on being struck ac-iinst a steel much more freely than
a flint will do; and all the snarks burn a longer time, and grow larger as ..."
6. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"To be precise, the wind is northeast; the snarks mizzen is furled, her mainsail
is over to starboard, ..."
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