snood
noun
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
snoods
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present tense formof snood (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"It was jumpers, blankets, one of those big snoods, or just getting up and moving around."
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024
Dr. Buchholz found that males with longer snoods had fewer coccidia parasites, which don’t harm adults but can sicken or kill chicks, and possess genes that may make them resistant to coccidia.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
They’re picky about partners and know what they want: males with long snoods.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
There are scarves and snoods to conceal neck-vein bulges when attempting a major bluff.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2018
A pair o’ gloves he gae to me, And silken snoods he gae me twa; And I will wear them for his sake, The bonnie lad that’s far awa.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
