亚洲网紅露点

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sneck

1

[ snek ]

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. a door latch or its lever.


sneck

2

[ snek ]

noun

  1. a small stone, as a spall, inserted into the spaces between larger pieces of rubble in a wall.

verb (used with object)

  1. to fill (spaces between larger stones) with snecks.

sneck

1

/ 蝉苍蓻办 /

noun

  1. a small squared stone used in a rubble wall to fill spaces between stones of different height
  2. dialect.
    the latch or catch of a door or gate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. dialect.
    to fasten (a latch)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sneck

2

/ 蝉苍蓻办 /

noun

  1. a Scot word for snick
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉苍别肠办顎侥谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sneck1

1275鈥1325; Middle English snek ( k ); snatch

Origin of sneck2

1275鈥1325; Middle English; origin uncertain
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sneck1

C15 snekk, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

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I鈥檓 all for great names 鈥 I too have posed in front of the Crotch Crescent street sign and sniggered while walking past Bell End 鈥 but there is something slightly seedy about the image of a grown man jangling the coins in his trouser pocket a little too enthusiastically as he stares down at the pump labels covered in thick-breasted women and orders a pint of Love Muscle, Jingle Knockers, Dizzy Blonde, Sneck Lifter, or Rumpy Pumpy.

From

Unsneck, un-snek鈥, v.t. to draw the sneck or bar of a door.

From

Sneck鈥-draw鈥瞖r, one who lifts the latch for thievish ends, a mean thief.鈥攁djs.

From

鈥擲neck up is a stage direction for hiccup, which Sir Toby was likely to observe after his "pickle herring."

From

Sneck the door," cried the husband, "and we'll try to catch it.

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