snickersnee

[ snik-er-snee ]

noun
  1. a knife, especially one used as a weapon.

Origin of snickersnee

1
1690–1700; variant (by alliterative assimilation) of earlier stick or snee to thrust or cut <Dutch steken to stick2 + snij(d)en to cut

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British Dictionary definitions for snickersnee

snickersnee

/ (ˈsnɪkəˌsniː) /


nounarchaic
  1. a knife for cutting or thrusting

  2. a fight with knives

Origin of snickersnee

1
C17 stick or snee, from Dutch steken to stick ² + snijen to cut

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