Meaning of Richard Snary | Babel Free

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archaic, humorous, slang

Examples

“Talke not to me of Dick snary, nor Richard-snary; I care not how little I come neare them.”

“A country lad, having been reproved for calling persons by their Christian names, being sent by his master to borrow a dictionary, thought to show his breeding by asking for a Richard Snary.”

“I still didn’t see anything in it but the meaningless sort of humor that used to make richardsnary the thieves’ word for dictionary.”

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