Snip-snap

·adj Quick; short; sharp; smart.

II. Snip-snap ·noun A tart dialogue with quick replies.

Snip
·noun A share; a snack. II. Snip ·noun A small shred; a bit cut off. III. Snip ·noun A <<Tailor>>....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
snip
A taylor. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Snap
·vt A snap beetle. II. Snap ·vt A greedy fellow. III. Snap ·noun To project with a snap. IV. Snap...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
snap
Applied to the weather; as, 'a cold snap,' i. e. a period of sudden cold weather. A common expressio...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Snap shot
·add. ·- Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2). II. Snap shot ·add. ·- A quick offhand shot, made w...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
snap dragon
A Christmas gambol: raisins and almonds being put into a bowl of brandy, and the candles extinguishe...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
snap-haunce
An old word for a fire-lock or musket; a spring-lock for fire-arms. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
to snap the glaze
To break shop windows or show glasses. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose