snib

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English

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snib (plural snibs)

  1. (Scotland, Australia) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
    • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 99:
      He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.
  2. (obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.

Verb

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snib (third-person singular simple present snibs, present participle snibbing, simple past and past participle snibbed)

  1. (transitive, Australia, Scotland) To latch (a door, window, etc.).
    • 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett [], →OCLC, page 90:
      Window is snibbed on the inner side. Framework is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:
      All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"

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