snib
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
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Noun
snib (plural snibs)
- (Scotland, Australia) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 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.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 99:
- (obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Marston to this entry?)
Verb
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- (Scotland, Australia) To latch (a door, window etc.).
- 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI:
- ‘Window is snibbed on the inner side. Frame-work is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.’
- 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI: