Lexicographical Neighbors of Snubbe
Literary usage of Snubbe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"The heads and boughs of trees—towards the sea are so snubbed by the winds as if
the boughs had been pared or shaven off.—Ray in Todd. Da. snubbe of, Sw. ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... N. Fries, snubbe, to snub, chide. Orig. to 'snip off' the end of a thing; cf.
... to snip off, snuff a candle ; Dan. snubbe, to nip off. See Snub. ..."
3. The Comedy and Tragedy of the Second Empire: Paris Society in the Sixties by Edward Legge (1911)
"... snubbe " ["I don't want to be snubbed again "]. I knew the Emperor's style in
writing, and concocted a letter supposed to be written by His Majesty, ..."
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