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
Weel-a-weel, we landit at Edinboro, an Meg was waitin's, an' as mony bairns wi' her as wudda startit a raggit schule—although they were a' braw an' snod, I ashure ye.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
He's a snod bit stockie—a little beld, an' bowd-leggit, an' wants a thoom.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
"There'll no' be mony fowk at the kirk the day, gin there be ony ava'; but that's nae raison that ye shouldna gang oot snod," she said, as she brushed him faitly down.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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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