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SNATTER, n., v.
I. n. Pert or cheeky talk (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., Rxb. 1970).
II. v. 1. To prate, chatter. Obs. in Eng. since 17th-c.Abd. 1898 J. M. Cobban Angel xiii.:
We're snattering and swimming over head and ears in talk.
2. Only in ppl.adj. snatterin, crabbed, fault-finding, never pleased (Mry. 1930).
[For senses I. and II. 1. cf. obs. Eng. snatter, Du. snateren, to chatter. Sense II. 2. may be rather an altered form of Natter, q.v. with prothetic s-.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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