"snickersnee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsnɪk.əˈsniː/ [UK], /ˌsnɪk.ɚˈsniː/ [US] Audio: en-us-snickersnee.ogg Forms: snickersnees [plural]
Etymology: An alteration of snick or snee. Head templates: {{en-noun}} snickersnee (plural snickersnees)
  1. A large sword-like knife, especially one used as a weapon. Translations (a large sword-like knife): дълъг нож (dǎlǎg nož) (Bulgarian), leuku (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-snickersnee-en-noun-fTcypTmi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'a large sword-like knife': 86 14
  2. (archaic) A knife fight. Tags: archaic Translations (a knife fight): бой с ножове (boj s nožove) (Bulgarian), souboj na nože (Czech), puukkotappelu (Finnish), сникерсни (snikersni) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-snickersnee-en-noun-riybr5Ei Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'a knife fight': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snick or snee, snicker-snack

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "a. 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Little Billee:",
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      "roman": "dǎlǎg nož",
      "sense": "a large sword-like knife",
      "word": "дълъг нож"
    },
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      "sense": "a large sword-like knife",
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      "word": "souboj na nože"
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      "sense": "a knife fight",
      "word": "puukkotappelu"
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