| 单词 | snapper ending |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnapper ending f. U.S. A word, sentence, verse, etc., used as a finishing touch or wind-up. Also attributive, as snapper ending. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > concluding speech or part of speech parclosec1390 conclusionc1405 period1532 peroration1550 close1578 corollary1603 epilogue1644 closing argument1819 snapper1857 the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > other specific types of phrase et cetera1600 chreia1612 inn-phrase1631 hob-nob1761 phraseograph1847 snapper1857 humilific1892 frame1943 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > epilogue, envoy, or conclusion parclosec1390 envoyc1398 conclusionc1405 l'envoy1430 subscriptionc1450 extraduction1533 epilogue1564 surclose1589 corollary1603 post-face1742 retroduction1786 explicit1849 snapper1857 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > punchy ending snapper1895 1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xiv You'd 'a said twenty lashes, and she'd got 'em, and Mr. Moxon would 'a said twenty Amens on the end on 'em for a snapper. 1892 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads IV. viii. 393/1 A copy..with the addition of one stanza for a ‘snapper’. 1895 ‘M. Twain’ in Youth's Companion 3 Oct. 464/1 The..humorous story finishes with a nub, point, snapper, or whatever you like to call it. 1949 Newsweek 19 Dec. 13/3 Then came the snapper: ‘No matter by what method we achieve security, we'll not achieve it in a bankrupt economy.’ 1962 ‘E. Lacy’ Freeloaders ix. 186 This is the end of the story. I hardly think I've been steering you towards a twist, or snapper ending. 1973 Publishers Weekly 10 Dec. 31/1 The second story is written as a correspondence between a clerk and an alien, and has an O. Henry snapper at the end. 1976 New Yorker 24 May 143/1 The first, a male ensemble with some very good martial-arts-style acrobatics, has a snapper ending that doesn't snap. < as lemmas |
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