Example sentences from the Web for snig

• At least three species of eels are found in this country—the sharp-nosed, the broad-nosed, and the snig.

  Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

• It parted with a “snig”, and the red object left me like a flash of light.

  The Rifle Rangers|Captain Mayne Reid

• Snig; to cut or clip with a knife:—'The shoots of that apple-tree are growing out too long: I must snig off the tops of them.'

  English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

• The snig is considered superior to other kinds for the table.

  Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

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