Crossword clues for snookums
snookums
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
snookums
trivial term of endearment, 1919, from Snooks, proper name used in Britain for "a hypothetical person" (1860), compare Joe Blow in U.S. As an actual proper name, Snooks dates back to the Domesday Book and may be from Old English *snoc "a projecting point of land" (perhaps here with sense of "a big nose").
Wiktionary
snookums
n. (context informal English) A term of endearment, especially for a child
Usage examples of "snookums".
Contressa Quam was determined that Snookums would not travel as baggage.
Even the president of a bank had financial limitations, but John Larimer had a large source of very liquid and very untaxable income and when he stopped being a family man, he could enjoy his nights with Fifi, Honey, Pussy and Snookums, who were very expensive playmates.