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▪ I. † snavel, v.1 Sc. Obs.—1
In 5 snawil.
[Imitative: cf. snaffle v., and Sw. dial. snavla.]
intr. To snuffle.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xvi. (Magdalene) 459 Þe child cane snawil þan, & grape Þe modyr pape, for fud to tak.
▪ II. snavel, v.2 slang and dial. (now chiefly Austral.).|ˈsnæv(ə)l|
Also snavvle.
[Perh. var. snabble v. or snaffle v.4]
trans. To steal; to appropriate, to grab.
For further material see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Snavel vb.2 and n.2
a1790H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash (ed. 2, 1795) 54 Snavel, to steal when running. 1823‘J. Bee’ Slang 162 Snavel, to steal, by snatching, probably, or concealing any small property by piece-meal. 1903‘T. Collins’ Such is Life 18 Well, we had a bunch o' keys at the camp. I had snavelled 'em at the railway station. 1919W. H. Downing Digger Dialects 46 Snavvle, take by stealth; steal; capture. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 4 Oct. 10/1 Could we but snavel that We'd incontestably be home and dried In this keen race. 1948V. Palmer Golconda xiii. 100 They're booming the notion o' a new township and snavelling all the land within a mile o' it.
So † ˈsnaveller, a thief. Obs. rare.
1781G. Parker View of Society II. 168 The Snaveller..coaxes the child up some by-alley,..and grabbles the whole. |