snee

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Ay, Sir, and if they are not satisfied, next Campaign the English shall stand still, and laugh at their Endeavours; the Dutch Snigger-snee 'em; the Scotch Cook them; and the wild Irish eat 'em Col_.

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  • Ay, Sir, and if they are not satisfied, next Campaign the English shall stand still, and laugh at their Endeavours; the Dutch Snigger-snee 'em; the Scotch Cook them; and the wild Irish eat 'em Col_. —  The Fine Lady's Airs (1709)
  • Tú-way ne ktáy snee e-yáy-chen e-wáh chày. —  Legends of the Northwest
  • Snigger-snee 'em; the _Scotch_ Cook them; and the wild _Irish_ eat 'em. —  The Fine Lady's Airs (1709)
  • "We had a whole terminology when you would sneeze and pee, we'd call it 'snee,'" she said, laughing. —  columbiatribune.com stories
  • TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www. snee.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/bobd/managed-mt/mt-tb. cgi/541 —  Planet RDF
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  1. from Dutch snee, snede, a cut, cleft, slice, edge, section (= Middle High German snide, German schneide, edge), from snijden, cut: see snithe, snead.
 

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