| 释义 |
snam, v. slang. ? Obs.|snæm|
[Origin unknown.]
intr. To snatch; to steal.
App. recorded only in Dicts.
1824J. Mactaggart Scottish Gallovidian Encycl. 429 Snam, to snap at any thing greedily. 1874Hotten Slang Dict. 298 Snam, to snatch, or rob from the person. Mostly used to describe that kind of theft which consists in picking up anything lying about, and making off with it rapidly.
Hence as n.; also ˈsnammer, one who snams; a thief.
1839H. Brandon in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 164/2 Pudding Snammer, one who steals from a cook shop. 1887Snam [see dub n.5]. 1950Partridge Dict. Underworld 649/1 On the snam, engaged in stealing. |