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Sneck   Listen
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Sneck  v. t.  To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door. (Scot. & Prov. Eng.)
Sneck up, be silent; shut up; hold your peace.






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"Sneck" Quotes from Famous Books



... his bell and his nickname from his father, who was not a native of Thrums. He came from some distant part where the people speak of snecking the door, meaning shut it. In Thrums the word used is steek, and sneck seemed to the inhabitants so droll and ridiculous that Hobart got the name of Snecky. His son left Thrums at the age of ten for the distant farm of Tirl, and did not return until the old bellman's death, twenty years afterward; ...
— Auld Licht Idyls • J.M. Barrie



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