Crossword clues for snickersnee
snickersnee
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
snickersnee
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
snickersnee
n. 1 A large sword-like knife, especially one used as a weapon. 2 (context archaic English) A knife fight.
WordNet
snickersnee
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.