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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1653
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Snap-sauce, adj. [17th c. Eng. snap-sauce (Cotgrave).] = Slapsauce adj. — 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii xxx.
Hector, a snap-sauce scullion
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