Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Insolent, opprobrious language; impertinent abuse.
- To talk saucily.
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Examples
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"Look here," said the landlady, "I'll tak 'nane o' your snash, so mind that."
The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh
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How they maun thole a factor's snash; [endure, abuse]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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You can say what ye like aboot me -- lies, sneers, snash -- and all.
Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900
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Notes. -- _wae_, sorrowful; _maun thole_, must endure, must put up with; _factor's snash_, agent's abuse; _poind_, seize upon, sequester; _gear_, property; _hae_, have;
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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Listen, son, I expect to be able to walk down the street without listening to any snash from you or anyone else.
Army Rumour Service 2009
flannagan commented on the word snash
Abuse, insolence.
July 30, 2007
qms commented on the word snash
Another weekend, another Scottish infiltrator.
The apprentice jock grew a moustache
And learned to wear a kilt with panache.
He could hurl a caber
With no sign of labor
And taunted his foes with Highland snash.
July 13, 2014