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snaffle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | snaffle bit |
| Type of | bit |
Examples of snaffle
snaffle
Finally he worked her up to a snaffle bit, a mouthpiece used to direct the horse.
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Don't forget to snaffle a snack mid-afternoon, to maintain your glucose levels.
From the newscientist.com
Then we show them the exciting work opportunities and snaffle them before anyone else.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Snaffle some shares in gold miner Centamin, analysts at Westhouse suggest.
From the independent.co.uk
They are ridden in a plain snaffle bridle and a simple dressage-style English saddle.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The crystals then snaffle electrons from passing water molecules to restore their deficit.
From the newscientist.com
He also stresses the importance of support play which saw him snaffle a try last weekend.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Expect yet another breakaway, expect the peloton to snaffle them up.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In China anxious buyers queue to snaffle yet-to-be-built apartments.
From the economist.com
- A simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb
- Snap up: get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
- Fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse"
- The verb snaffle is a British colloquialism. Born on the croquet lawns of Oxford, it was originally coined as a reference to a technically illegal double hit to put a ball through the hoop at close range from an angle that would not be possible with a normal shot.
- Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne (1884u20131967) was an English painter best known for his humorous work.
- A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and bars and corners of the mouth. Often used as a training bit; to put on, or control with, a snaffle; to grab or seize; to snap up; to purloin, or obtain by devious means
- Bit with a solid or jointed mouthpiece that has no shanks and works on principles of direct pressure only.
- To quickly grab something, especially something to eat
- 1. grab, take quickly. 2. steal or appropriate.
