snaggy

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English

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Etymology

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From snag +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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snaggy (comparative snaggier, superlative snaggiest)

  1. Covered in snags, or similar sharp projections.
  2. (UK, dialect, archaic) Bad-tempered; crotchety.
    • 1889, English Dialect Society, Publications, numbers 59-64, page 501:
      I couldn't live wi' a snaggy man like him if I was paaid[sic] for it.

References

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  • (crotchety): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary