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snicket

/ˈsnɪkɪt/

snicket noun: a narrow passage or alley.

snicket: a narrow passage or alley
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Noun

snicket (plural snickets)

  1. (Northern England) A narrow passage or alley.
    • He cut down a snicket between two houses, out into the fields.1968, Barry Hines, A Kestrel for a Knave
    • Our bikes are where we left them at the entrance to an overgrown snicket of yew, ivy and Hart's-tongue fern, through which a stream dribbles its way into the Ouse.2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate, published 2018, page 89
    Synonyms:
    alley

Synonyms of snicket

Forms of snicket

pluralsnickets

Origin of snicket

Etymology unknown.

Words formed from snicket

Words that rhyme with snicket

Questions about snicket

What does snicket mean?
Snicket means a narrow passage or alley.
What part of speech is snicket?
Snicket is a noun.
How do you pronounce snicket?
Snicket is pronounced /ˈsnɪkɪt/.
What is the plural of snicket?
The plural of snicket is snickets.

Words near snicket in the dictionary

  1. Snickers salads
  2. Snickerses
  3. snickersnee
  4. snickersnees
  5. snickery
  6. snicket
  7. snickets
  8. snicking
  9. snicking or sneeing
  10. snickle
  11. snickled

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