Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who draws a latch; a latch-lifter; hence, a dishonest fellow; a thief.
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Examples
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` ` Sae have not I, '' said Andrew; ` ` Syddall is an auld sneck-drawer; he wadna be looking as white as a sheet, and his knees knocking thegither, unless it were for something mair than he's like to tell us. ''
Rob Roy 1887
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"The damned sneck-drawer!" thought Gourlay, enlightened by his hate; "he's sucking Tam Finlay's brains, to steal some idea for himsell!"
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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"Sae have not I," said Andrew; "Syddall is an auld sneck-drawer; he wadna be looking as white as a sheet, and his knees knocking thegither, unless it were for something mair than he's like to tell us."
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"Sae have not I," said Andrew; "Syddall is an auld sneck-drawer; he wadna be looking as white as a sheet, and his knees knocking thegither, unless it were for something mair than he's like to tell us."
Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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“Sae have not I,” said Andrew; “Syddall is an auld sneck-drawer; he wadna be looking as white as a sheet, and his knees knocking thegither, unless it were for something mair than he’s like to tell us.”
Rob Roy 2005
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