SKLONKLISH
An illustrated word of the day
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Snickersnee
snickersnee
\ˈsni-kə(r)-ˌsnē\
noun
: a large knife
Etymology: obsolete
snick or snee
to engage in cut-and-thrust fighting, alteration of earlier
steake or snye
, from Dutch
steken of snijden
to thrust or cut
What a cute word!
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