snocksnarls

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

snocksnarls pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete, rare) intertwistings and entanglements of thread, string, etc. when carelessly handled
    • 2006, Dorothy Palmer, When Fenelon Falls[1], page 145:
      Jordan sat tight against Mom's legs, the nightly position for her mandatory hundred strokes, because time, tide and snocksnarls wait for no man.