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Snick   Listen
noun
Snick  n.  
1.
A small cut or mark.
2.
(Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
3.
(Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn.
4.
(Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
Snick and snee, a combat with knives. (Obs.)





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"Snick" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'Not at home' to every poser, leaving Noll to do all the smacking. This pretty business might have gone on till to-morrow week had the men's upper stories been as 'O.K.' as their timbers, but they messed about over a pretty snick of Noll's, and, after popping the question three times, Teddy got home just in time to see his two bails tumble out of their groove. Teddy didn't like this, and bowled his partner a wide compliment, which Noll, like a sensible man, didn't walk out to, and Teddy was astonished to ...
— The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's - A School Story • Talbot Baines Reed
... at no hats; his eyes were on the pitch. Another round of cheers proclaimed that "20" had gone up. Both boys are batting steadily; no more boundary hits; a snick here, a snack there—and then—merciful Heavens!—Caesar has cut a curling ball "bang" into short ...
— The Hill - A Romance of Friendship • Horace Annesley Vachell


Words linked to "Snick" :   cut, notch, physical contact, hit, nick


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