snickersnee
IPA: snˈɪkɝsnˈi
noun
- A large sword-like knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- (archaic) A knife fight.
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Examples of "snickersnee" in Sentences
- Otto, indeed, had convulsively grasped his snickersnee, with intent to plunge it into the heart of the Rowski; but his politer feelings overcame him.
- The scratchy snickersnee swoosh produced by the swift separation of metal teeth was a sound more ominous to both men than any hiss or shriek or howl that might emanate from the unknown forest.
- “It is a good deal like a mole: You know the mole is there; you see where he has made the hole and the hump in the ground where he has crawled; but if you jab a ‘snickersnee’ into the hole, he may not be there.”
- It was a wicked-looking blue chicken with a third eye bursting through its forehead—a chicken with twelve claws, all of which clutched instruments of death: daggers, swords, deep-fry baskets, meat tenderizers, and a snickersnee.
- Or if you'd come on the scene a minute later, even ... oh, aye, we had the lock picked and I was about to go aloft when you arrived with your little snickersnee, curse you, and then that damned sergeant and his sentries, and we had to shoot our way clear, and lost two good men - one of 'em your pal Gunther, you'll be desolated to learn.
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