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Definition of Sneaped
1. sneap [v] - See also: sneap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sneaped
Literary usage of Sneaped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"(2) The passive " to be sneaped " often means simply " to be ... They'n do well
if they dunna get sneaped wi' the frost" [Dhai)n d6o wel- iv dhai dun-)u ..."
2. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"HKH ir.Ki Pope, in his notes, says it is " a Yorkshire word for rebuke." Steevens,
that "sneap signifies to check; as children are easily sneaped; herbs and ..."
3. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"... be sneaped" often means simply "to be disappointed, and to feel the disappointment.
... They'n do well if they dunna get sneaped wi' the frost" [Dhai)n ..."
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