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- noun A variant form of
snapping turtle .
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Examples
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My mother yelled out, "What the hell are these things?" and I looked to see that she'd almost stepped into the snapping-turtle pond.
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My mother yelled out, "What the hell are these things?" and I looked to see that she'd almost stepped into the snapping-turtle pond.
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I didn't point out the snapping-turtle pond between Raylou's workspace and our sliding glass door, for fear that my mother, who had suicidal tendencies, might dive in.
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At the snapping-turtle pond I tried not to think of my father's mistress from years ago.
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At the snapping-turtle pond I tried not to think of my father's mistress from years ago.
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I didn't point out the snapping-turtle pond between Raylou's workspace and our sliding glass door, for fear that my mother, who had suicidal tendencies, might dive in.
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At the snapping-turtle pond I tried not to think of my father's mistress from years ago.
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My mother yelled out, "What the hell are these things?" and I looked to see that she'd almost stepped into the snapping-turtle pond.
Director's Cut 2005
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I didn't point out the snapping-turtle pond between Raylou's workspace and our sliding glass door, for fear that my mother, who had suicidal tendencies, might dive in.
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It was the first place I went when looking for chicken necks ... to bait snapping-turtle traps.
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