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snook

UK/snuːk/ US/ˈsnʊk/ rare obsolete uk

noun

Origin

From the 19th century. Uncertain origin, but probably a variant of snoke. Compare also sneck (“nose”). These words are partly sound-symbolic, given the similarity to snoot, snout, sniff, sneeze etc.

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