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SNEE (snee) A
knife, especially a large knife
The phrase ‘snick or snee’ (and variations: stick or snee, snick-a-snee, and snickersnee) is an archaic phrase whose most famous usage was probably in a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado: Oh,
never shall I
The origin of the phrase is apparently from a couple of Dutch words – steken, meaning to thrust or stick, and snijden, meaning to cut.
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