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▪ I. sneak-up, n.|ˈsniːkʌp|
[f. sneak v.; see also sneak-cup.]
A mean, servile, or cringing person; a sneak; a shirk.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. iii. 99 (Q.), The prince is a iacke, a sneakeup. 1620Shelton Quix. ii. xlv. 299 You must set other manner of Coltes vpon me then this poore nasty sneake-vp. 1775Ash, Sneaksby, a sneakup. 1798T. Morton Secrets III. 1 But he is such a Sneakup! Were he a boy of mettle, I would adopt him.
attrib.1851Jerrold St. Giles (1852) I. 305 It's only your sneak-up chaps, that are afraid of the glass, that get into trouble,..and catch rheumatism.
▪ II. sneak-up, v. pseudo-arch.
Alteration of snick-up (see snick v.1), under the influence of prec.
1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! xxx, Here's a fellow..talks about failing..! Blurt for him, sneak-up! say I. Ibid., Marry, sneak-up! say I again. |