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▪ I. snitch, n. slang.
[Of obscure origin.]
†1. A fillip (on the nose). Obs.
1676Coles, Snitch,..a fillip. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Snitch,..a Filip on the Nose.
2. The nose.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Snite his Snitch, Wipe his Nose, or give him a good Flap on the Face. 1895Rye E. Angl. Gloss. 204 Pull her snitch for her. 1902Westm. Gaz. 3 July 2/1 As the..egg..broke on the ‘snitch’ of the Socialist candidate.
3. An informer; one who turns King's or Queen's evidence. In the phr. to turn snitch.
1785in Grose Dict. Vulgar T. c1800in Byron Juan xi. xix. Note 14, She'll surely turn snitch for the forty—That her Jack may be regular weight. 1906Atlantic Monthly Nov. 589 He employs that phenomenon of despicability..in Western parlance called a snitch..to work up the lawsuit. 1930Forum Dec. 375/1 A police informer in New York, for instance, is a stool or snitch. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. x. 189 The tell tale is..a sly, a snitch or snitcher (common, especially in the Midlands). 1965J. Wainwright Death in Sleeping City 142 The ‘snitches’ and the ‘grassers’ and the ‘stoolpigeons’ whispered out of the corner of their mouths, and money changed hands. 1979S. Rifkin McQuaid in August ix. 97 Lopez was an informant..a paragon among snitches.
4. Phr. to have (or get) a snitch on (someone): to have a grudge against or ‘down’ on; to dislike. N.Z. slang.
1943J. A. W. Bennett in Amer. Speech XVIII. 90 A person [in New Zealand] complaining of another's ill-will might also say, ‘He's got a proper snitch on me’—obviously a variant of ‘to snitch upon’ (to inform against). 1948Landfall II. 109 These jokers didn't understand the snitch Myers had on you, seemed to think it was right that Myers should always be tormenting you. 1953O. E. Middleton Short Stories 28 He wasn't a man to get a snitch on his neighbours because of a bit of bad luck and it wasn't long before he was his own self again. 1959G. Slatter Gun in my Hand viii. 91 Got a snitch on me and put me in crook with the boss.
5. Comb., as snitch-rag slang, a handkerchief.
1940H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood i. i. 25 Can I borrow your snitch-rag, Gemini?
▪ II. snitch, v.|snɪtʃ|
[Of obscure origin: cf. prec.]
1. a. intr. To inform upon or (now usu.) on a person; to peach, turn informer. Also, to reveal or give information to (someone). slang.
1801Sporting Mag. XIX. 88 A man who is now in Chester Gaol and has been snitching about me. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. s.v., To impeach or betray your accomplices, is termed snitching upon them. 1839A. Somerville Hist. Brit. Leg. v. 105 How one of these had frequently threatened to snitch—or tell who stole the bridle. 1867Crim. Chronol. York Castle 189 Wright,..finding that Norburn had been snitching, also made a confession. 1910‘O. Henry’ Whirligigs xiii. 157 Say, don't snitch to the tenants about this, will yer? 1926J. Black You can't Win xix. 279 If I get a job some copper will snitch on me to my boss. 1933Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 26 Jan. 1/8 He did it, he said, because she ‘snitched’ on him when he played truant from school. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? v. 83, I felt a little guilty about snitching on my neighbor. 1957A. Miller View from Bridge i. 33 The family had an uncle that they were hidin' in the house, and he snitched to the Immigration. 1966P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 14 The Captain..had snitched to the police that his cargo was being pilfered.
b. trans. To inform or give evidence against (a person or accomplice). rare—1.
1801Sporting Mag. XIX. 88 Nadin asked him, how he knew the man had snitched him?
2. To catch by means of a noose or loop.
1900Daily News 13 Oct. 8/2 The pike..is killed anyhow, ‘shot at sight’, or snitched with a wire loop, or netted.
3. To take surreptitiously, purloin; to steal or ‘pinch’. slang.
1904N.Y. Times 6 June 9 They reached Coney Island by snitching rides. 1933D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise iii. 46 He first of all snitched people's ideas without telling them, and then didn't give them the credit for it. 1948L. A. G. Strong Trevannion xvii. 323 You love a girl faithfully for years, and some glib sod comes along at the heel of the hunt and snitches her from you. 1958[see booksy a.]. 1976M. Machlin Pipeline xxx. 348 How about that guy who snitched a whole D-9 tractor, brand-new?
Hence ˈsnitching ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. s.v. Snitch, An informer, or tale-bearer in general, is called a snitching rascal. 1923W. S. Maugham Our Betters iii. 172 You really might have left Tony alone. This habit you have of snitching has got you into trouble before. 1933Sun (Baltimore) 24 Aug. 6/7 Not long ago we had the fine stirring story by Neil Swanson ‘The Judas Tree’, and now comes a snitching of that title by Leslie Ford, who calls his new detective thriller ‘The Clue of the Judas Tree’. 1961B. Malamud New Life (1962) 298 He had been thinking of discussing with him Bullock's concern with athletes but it was too much like snitching. 1972J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) ii. 39 ‘Okay,’ I said, giving him a chance to rationalize his snitching, which all informants have to do when they start out. |