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He can show two flacks of opposed allegiance snicking at each other with unsheathed falsehoods, and trace the exact grimace of the loser.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had woken up at night to escape from a familiar, recurrent dream in which policemen approached her with snicking scissors, wanting to hack off her hair.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

The sixth, however, which he also produced from the same wondrous store contained in his breeches pocket, he contented himself with what he called "snicking."

From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard

"About Jake Kilroe now," said Billy, sitting down at the table and snicking open the box of cartridges, "about Jake Kilroe—what does the marshal want me to do?"

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson

The shroff was clicking on his abacus, and left off snicking the beads up and down to remark casually that the compradore had gone.

From Civilization Tales of the Orient by La Motte, Ellen Newbold