hookum-sniveyn.

/ˈhʊkəmˈsnɪvi/

Forms: Also hook and snivey, hook and snivvy, hook 'em snivey, hookem snivey, hookem-snivvy, hook um snivey.

Etymology: apparently originally hook and snivey , probably < hook n.¹ or hook v.

dialect and slang.

An imposture or deceit; also, a contrivance for undoing the bolt of a door from the outside. Also attributive or adj., deceitful, tricky.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > instance of

braida1000

fraudc1374

mock1523

brogue1537

flim-flamc1538

imposture1548

lie1560

cozening1576

smoke-hole1580

gullery1598

gull1600

cog1602

coggery1602

fraudulency1630

imposition1632

cheat1649

fourbery1650

prestige1656

sham1677

crimp1684

bite1711

humbug1750

swindle1778

hookum-snivey1781

shim-sham1797

gag1805

intake1808

racket1819

wooden nutmeg1822

sell1838

caper1851

skin game1879

Kaffir bargain1899

swizzle1913

swizz1915

put-on1919

ready-up1924

rort1926

jack-up1945

1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 81 He..would stand no Hook and Snivey, or Nix the Buffer.

1802 R. L. Edgeworth & M. Edgeworth Ess. Irish Bulls x. 129 I ranged them fair and even with my hook-em-snivey.

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 98 Hook and Snivvy—practised by soldiers in quarters, when they obtain grub for nix, by connivance with the slavey, or her mistress.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 194 Sometimes used as an irrelevant answer, by street boys. As, ‘who did that?’—‘Hook um snivey’—actually no one.

1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 89 I tellee 'onesty is the best policy. Niver yü be up tü hookem-snivey ways.

1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman ii. xi An' some lying an' doing all manner of hookem-snivey deeds.

1928 E. Phillpotts Ring Fence xvi. 132 I'd a lot rather put my thoughts into work, so as you should have a wedding worthy of you and no hookem-snivey marrying in a corner.

1950 L. A. G. Strong Which I Never vi. 184 'Tisn't like him to do any sort of hookem-snivvy tactics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	hookum-snivey
释义	hookum-sniveyn. /ˈhʊkəmˈsnɪvi/ Forms: Also hook and snivey, hook and snivvy, hook 'em snivey, hookem snivey, hookem-snivvy, hook um snivey. Etymology: apparently originally hook and snivey , probably < hook n.¹ or hook v. dialect and slang. An imposture or deceit; also, a contrivance for undoing the bolt of a door from the outside. Also attributive or adj., deceitful, tricky. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > instance of braida1000 fraudc1374 mock1523 brogue1537 flim-flamc1538 imposture1548 lie1560 cozening1576 smoke-hole1580 gullery1598 gull1600 cog1602 coggery1602 fraudulency1630 imposition1632 cheat1649 fourbery1650 prestige1656 sham1677 crimp1684 bite1711 humbug1750 swindle1778 hookum-snivey1781 shim-sham1797 gag1805 intake1808 racket1819 wooden nutmeg1822 sell1838 caper1851 skin game1879 Kaffir bargain1899 swizzle1913 swizz1915 put-on1919 ready-up1924 rort1926 jack-up1945 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 81 He..would stand no Hook and Snivey, or Nix the Buffer. 1802 R. L. Edgeworth & M. Edgeworth Ess. Irish Bulls x. 129 I ranged them fair and even with my hook-em-snivey. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 98 Hook and Snivvy—practised by soldiers in quarters, when they obtain grub for nix, by connivance with the slavey, or her mistress. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 194 Sometimes used as an irrelevant answer, by street boys. As, ‘who did that?’—‘Hook um snivey’—actually no one. 1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 89 I tellee 'onesty is the best policy. Niver yü be up tü hookem-snivey ways. 1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman ii. xi An' some lying an' doing all manner of hookem-snivey deeds. 1928 E. Phillpotts Ring Fence xvi. 132 I'd a lot rather put my thoughts into work, so as you should have a wedding worthy of you and no hookem-snivey marrying in a corner. 1950 L. A. G. Strong Which I Never vi. 184 'Tisn't like him to do any sort of hookem-snivvy tactics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1781
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