"snipey" meaning in English

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      "form": "snipier",
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          "ref": "1897, Hugh Alexander Macpherson, A History of Fowling:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1923, Shane Leslie, Doomsland, page 68:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2015, Kellen Cutsforth, Buffalo Bill, Boozers, Brothels, and Bare-Knuckle Brawlers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Started early with the Doc for the island and soon get to the snipey place.",
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        "Full of or attractive to snipe."
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          "ref": "1998, Brian Plummer, The Fell Terrier, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Shirlee Kalstone, Poodle Clipping and Grooming: The International Reference, →ISBN, page 59:",
          "text": "Lack of chin, too narrow, snipey muzzle",
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        },
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          "ref": "2009, Richard G. Beauchamp, Bichon Frise, →ISBN, page 10:",
          "text": "There is a slight degree of chiseling under the eyes, but not so much as to result in a weak or snipey foreface.",
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        "Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky;"
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        "(of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky;"
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Penelope Miller, Yesterday's Sorrow, →ISBN, page 181:",
          "text": "You don't have to be so snipey, you know.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Rosemary Jackson, Rosey's Ramblings, →ISBN, page 143:",
          "text": "I was a very mean, snipey, overbearing person who gets murdered at the end.",
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          "ref": "2011, Katie Price, Angel Uncovered, →ISBN, page 173:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments."
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        },
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          "ref": "2015, Kellen Cutsforth, Buffalo Bill, Boozers, Brothels, and Bare-Knuckle Brawlers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Started early with the Doc for the island and soon get to the snipey place.",
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        "Full of or attractive to snipe."
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        },
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          "text": "Lack of chin, too narrow, snipey muzzle",
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        },
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          "text": "There is a slight degree of chiseling under the eyes, but not so much as to result in a weak or snipey foreface.",
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        "(of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky;"
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          "ref": "2009, Rosemary Jackson, Rosey's Ramblings, →ISBN, page 143:",
          "text": "I was a very mean, snipey, overbearing person who gets murdered at the end.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2011, Katie Price, Angel Uncovered, →ISBN, page 173:",
          "text": "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.",
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