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Definition of Snickersnee
1. Noun. Fighting with knives.
Definition of Snickersnee
1. Noun. A large sword-like knife, especially one used as a weapon. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) A knife fight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snickersnee
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snickersnee
Literary usage of Snickersnee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"snickersnee. A large clasp-knife, or combat with ... "One man being busy in
lighting bis pine.and another In sharpening his snickersnee."—Irving: ¡¡. ..."
2. American Notes and Queries edited by William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris (1890)
"He is an Englishman, and a graduate of Oxford. We imagine that the title is an
unofficial one. snickersnee. — In the opera "The Mikado" occur the words, ..."
3. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"Make haste, make haste," says guzzling Timmy, While Jack pulled out his snickersnee.
So Billy went up to the main-top gallant mast, And down he fell on his ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
""Make haste, make haste," says guzzling Jimmy, While Jack pulled out his snickersnee.
So Billy went up to the main-top-gallant-mast, And down he fell on his ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"... While Jim pulled out his snickersnee. So Bill went up the main-top-gallant
mast Whore down ho fell on bis bended knee. II« source hail oome to the ..."
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