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sniplet en · NOUN

Etymology

From snip + -let.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) A small snip or piece of something; a snippet.
   • As with the Jewish hymns the text is often made up of sniplets of previous texts and a broad use of images from the Old Testament. 1979, James A. Fischer, God Said, Let There Be Woman, New York, N.Y.: Alba House, →ISBN, page 95:
   • 'I'm a romantic at heart,' he tells us. 'If that sniplet of info goes further than this room, you die.' 2013, Pauline McLynn, Jenny Q, Unravelled, London: Puffin, →ISBN, page 167:
   • I clip everything apart—which is why notes should never be taken on both sides of the paper—into thousands of little sniplets to be carefully subdivided. 1961 April, John Gunther, “An Exercise in Self-education: Writing the "Inside" Books, Part 2”, in Harper's Magazine, volume 222, number 1331, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 74, column 1:

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