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sneaker|ˈsniːkə(r)|
[f. sneak v.]
1. A person or animal that sneaks; a sneak.
1598Florio, Origlione, an eauesdropper, a listner,..a sneaker, a lurking knaue. c1613Middleton No Wit like Woman's iv. ii, I thought they were some such sneakers. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iv. i. (1651) 519 A long lean rawbone, a skeleton, a sneaker. 1715Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) V. 66 He being one of the Sneakers and terribly afraid of disobliging the debauched Court of K. George. a1734North Examen iii. viii. §37 (1740) 611 The Courtiers that were more used to Sneakers, than to Men of clear Courage. 1800Coleridge Piccolomini ii. xiv, Not a sneaker among us, thank heaven. 1826Scott Jrnl. 7 Mar., We have more sneakers after Ministerial favour than men who love their country. 1865Livingstone Zambesi vii. 161 He soon departed and we heard no more of the majestic sneaker.
2.
†a. A small bowl (of punch). Obs. (Common from c 1710 to c 1740.)
(a)a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Sneaker, (of Punch) a small Bowl. 1726G. Roberts Four Yrs. Voy. 71 He would take me on Board the Scooner with him, to treat me with a Sneaker of Punch before parting. 1743Fielding J. Wild ii. iv, He called for a sneaker of punch. 1772in Jas. Forbes Oriental Mem. (1813) IV. 217 He then ordered five sneakers of a mixture which he denominated punch.
(b)1714Spect. No. 616 ⁋4, I have just left the Right Worshipful and his Myrmidons about a Sneaker of Five Gallons. 1742Fielding J. Andrews i. xiii, Mr. Barnabas..having..drank a bowl of punch.., returned to take the other sneaker; which when he had finished [etc.]. 1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. lxxxviii. (1783) III. 157 A little snug place..where we might take a friendly sneaker together.
b. A glass of brandy.
1805Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th C. (1888) II. 293 He had a small sneaker of brandy before retiring to his bed⁓room. 1821Blackw. Mag. IX. 60 Step to the corner and fetch me a sneaker of brandy.
3. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.) = sneak n. 4.
1895in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1900G. Ade More Fables 193 His Job on this Earth was to put on a pair of Pneumatic Sneakers every Morning and go out and investigate Other People's Affairs. 1914S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn iv. 56 Firm but fearful in his rubber sneakers. 1930‘S. S. Van Dine’ Scarab Murder Case iv. 61 He got relief by wearing white canvas sneakers with rubber soles. 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas xii. 126 You could scarcely expect to turn up in sneakers and a sweater, my good fellow. 1948J. Steinbeck Russ. Jrnl. (1949) 13 She wore canvas sneakers. 1959Manch. Guardian 24 June 7/2 The international uniform of jeans and sandals or sneakers. 1967A. Henri in Penguin Mod. Poets X. 55 The daughters of Albion..lacing up blue sneakers over brown ankles. 1974A. Lurie War between Tates v. 95 It was Jeffrey who started it; he could not find his left sneaker. 1981Sunday Express Mag. 26 July 16/3 (caption) Shades of throwaway chic for pop singer, Graham Bonnet. Old sneakers and a borrowed suit?
4. Cricket. = sneak n. 3.
1851J. Pycroft Cricket Field iv. 63 With the primitive fashion of ground bowling, called sneakers, forward play could have no place. 1909in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
Hence ˈsneakered a., clad in sneakers.
1961‘E. Fenwick’ Friend of Mary Rose (1962) iv. 39 He heard..a soft jump—as of sneakered feet. 1976‘E. McBain’ Guns (1977) i. 34 He floats on sneakered feet to the back door of the car. 1979Listener 3 May 613/2 Their crew-cut, pony-tailed, sneakered sons and daughters. |