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1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xii. 181 It is one thing to laugh at them in transitu, a snap and away, and another to make a set meal in jeering them.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 152 Henry Burton..rather took a snap then made a meal in any University.

1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling x. §4. 251 The Egyptian dogs do taste the waters of Nilus for fear of the Crocodiles, a snap and away.

1700 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) II. 55 The Curate's Provision..was but a Snap among so many, for they were all very hungry.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 114 First taste a snap of right Hollands.

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance i, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 52 Two hearty meals that might have been mistaken for dinners, if he had not declared them to be ‘snaps’.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 229 Snap,..food taken by a collier during his shift.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers i. 25 She..put him out a clean scarf and snap-bag.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers iv. 65 I went to put my coat on at snap-time.

1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. ix. 67 ‘Come on, ye old beggor, and have yer snap,’ Tom called out with his mouth full of bread and cheese.

1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day vii. 131 The black-faced miners cycling home from work with their snap-tins bumping at their sides.

1980 Guardian 11 Nov. 8/3 At 10 o'clock the regular farm hands disappeared to the dutch barn for their ‘snap’.