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snibs

snibs is the plural of snib.

Meaning of snib

Noun

snib (plural snibs)

  1. (Australia, Scotland) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
    • He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 99
  2. (obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.
    • ill - strain'd snibs1601 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], What You Will, London: […] G[eorge] Eld, for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the page)

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Questions about snibs

What is snibs the plural of?
Snibs is the plural of snib.

Words near snibs in the dictionary

  1. SNI
  2. Sniatyn
  3. snib
  4. snibbed
  5. snibbing
  6. snibs
  7. Snibston
  8. snice
  9. snick
  10. snick or snee
  11. snicked

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