1) a latch. North.
2) to smell. North. Thence perhaps SNEAKING about ; and a SNEAKER of punch.
·noun A mean, sneaking fellow. II. Sneak ·vt To hide, ·esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. III. Sne...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A pilferer. Morning sneak; one who pilfers early in the morning, before it is light. Evening sneak; ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·add. ·- A current which, though too feeble to blow the usual fuse or to injure at once telegraph or...
·noun One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. ...
A henpecked husband: from a celebrated character in one of Mr. Foote's plays, representing a man gov...