snod
Americanadjective
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smooth; sleek.
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neat; tidy.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of snod
1470–80; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse snothin bald, snauthr bare, bald
Example Sentences
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He went on: “And you consate that all these steans be aboon folk that be happed here, snod an’ snog?”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
And there was snod Mistress Jeanie, forgetting her spotless gown and kneeling in the snow.
From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse
When I'd riddled all the ash I made it snod wi' the peat-rake, and then, more dead nor wick, I crept back into bed and waited while Mike and Amos came home.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William
"But ye're no bonny, Miss Nelly; na, na, ye cannot fill the shoon o' yer leddy mother; ye're snod, and ye may shak yer tails at the Assembly, but ye're far ahint Lady Carnegie."
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah
Wad ye hae me lat Mr. Ericson gang wi' holes i' the heels o' 's hose, whan I can mak them a' snod, an' learn my Greek at the same time?
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
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