单词 | snoose |
释义 | snoosen. North American (western). Chewing snuff, esp. taken by loggers. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] sneeze1632 sneezing1648 smutchin1650 snush1671 snuff1683 nose gunpowder1706 pulvil1706 sneeshing1714 macouba1827 dip1853 snoose1912 snous1962 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light sloomOE wink1362 napa1400 slumber1488 dog's sleep1560 dogsleep1674 (not) a wink of sleep1682 doze1731 snooze1793 snatch1820 forty winks1828 eyeful1860 snoose1912 caulk1917 zizz1941 1912 H. Footner New Rivers of North 21 Loud were the lamentations of his foreigners when his ‘snooze’ gave out, ‘snooze’ being the local familiarity for snuff. 1925 Amer. Speech 1 138/1 He ‘fogs-up’ on his pipe, or takes a ‘rear of snoose’. ‘Snoose’ is a certain brand of Swedish snuff; it is moist and hot with pepper, and the man who is not used to it will find his gums burning and his head swimming when he tries his first ‘rear’; but nearly every logger in this neck of the woods [sc. Northwest] has abandoned the old-time American plug for this terrific Nordic concoction. 1942 Amer. Speech 17 221/2 Give her snoose, an order to increase power. 1955 R. P. Hobson Nothing too Good for Cowboy xiii. 136 Larkie was a snoose chewer. 1965 Vancouver Sun 22 Apr. 51/7 (caption) Just before ya face the old lady ya shove a wad of schnoose in yer mouth..she'll never smell yer breath. 1977 J. Hodgins Invention of World i. 5 He spat snoose out the broken window onto the pavement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1912 |
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