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snookeries

snookeries is the plural of snookery.

Meaning of snookery

Noun (1)

snookery (plural snookeries)

  1. A place where snooker is played.
    • One small room off the kitchen was set aside as the "snookery."1930 April, “Temperament—Will It Make or Unmake Your Home?”, in Better Homes and Gardens, volume 8, number 8, Des Moines, I.A.: Meredith Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 102

Noun (2)

snookery (countable and uncountable, plural snookeries)

  1. (rare) Trickery.
    • He [Guy Cadogan Rothery] offers a preponderance of well established fact at a low price, and shows no sign of inventive "snookery".1916 August, “Reviews”, in The Burlington Magazine, volume XXIX, London: The Burlington Magazine Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 214

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Questions about snookeries

What is snookeries the plural of?
Snookeries is the plural of snookery.

Words near snookeries in the dictionary

  1. snooker table
  2. snooker tables
  3. snookered
  4. snookerer
  5. snookerers
  6. snookeries
  7. snookering
  8. snookers
  9. snookery
  10. snooking
  11. snooks

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