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Fighting with knives
Answer for the clue "Fighting with knives ", 11 letters:
snickersnee
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Word definitions for snickersnee in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, originally "fight with knives," from snick-or-snee (1610s), from Dutch steken "to thrust, stick" + snijden "to cut" (compare German schneiden ; see schnitzel ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A large sword-like knife, especially one used as a weapon. 2 (context archaic English) A knife fight.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. fighting with knives [syn: knife fight , cut-and-thrust ]
Usage examples of snickersnee.
His back alone bore the marks of Finnish and Polish knives, of the snickersnees of the longshoremen from the Speicherinsel, and the sailor's knives of the cadets from the training ships.