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snatchable en · ADJ

Etymology

From snatch + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being snatched.
   • That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets. 2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
   • He hung about the doors and windows of shop after shop, hoping for a temporary absence of the shopkeeper, which might leave something snatchable. 1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago:

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