snipey
adjEtymology From snipe + -y.
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Full of or attractive to snipe.
- The fowler wends his way at dusk to some favourite "snipey" spot, and beats the ground while he carries the net about three feet off the earth.1897, Hugh Alexander Macpherson, A History of Fowling:
- He knew the snipey corners for five miles round, and could move unerringly on the tuft or ditch where the wisp of birds would be found.1923, Shane Leslie, Doomsland, page 68:
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- Started early with the Doc for the island and soon get to the snipey place.2015, Kellen Cutsforth, Buffalo Bill, Boozers, Brothels, and Bare-Knuckle Brawlers, →ISBN:
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Of an animal's head Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky;
- Curiously, some of the best fox-killers I have encountered lacked the bull terrier heads of the type bred by Breay, and some were decidedly mousy in appearance, with narrow, snipey jaws.1998, Brian Plummer, The Fell Terrier, →ISBN, page 30:
- Lack of chin, too narrow, snipey muzzle2000, Shirlee Kalstone, Poodle Clipping and Grooming: The International Reference, →ISBN, page 59:
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- There is a slight degree of chiseling under the eyes, but not so much as to result in a weak or snipey foreface.2009, Richard G. Beauchamp, Bichon Frise, →ISBN, page 10:
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Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.
- You don't have to be so snipey, you know.2001, Penelope Miller, Yesterday's Sorrow, →ISBN, page 181:
- I was a very mean, snipey, overbearing person who gets murdered at the end.2009, Rosemary Jackson, Rosey's Ramblings, →ISBN, page 143:
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- And I don't mean to sound snipey but Gemma and me have both been working really hard lately – I was in the salon from half-seven this morning and I didn't finish till seven this evening, and I bet Gemma had an equally long day.2011, Katie Price, Angel Uncovered, →ISBN, page 173:
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- snipiness