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
"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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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 Frederic William Moorman
So I have the garret made rale snod an' cosie.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
He has but puir taste," said Ebie Farrish; "a snod bit lass is the bonniest work o' Natur'.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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