Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SNAVEL, v. Variant of Eng. slang snaffle, to capture, seize, arrest.Sc. 1936 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 115:
Fifty years, boy and man, I've taken what I needed in decent respec'able fashion and never once been cotched proper. But then to be snavell't clean and me as innocent as Glenvroyne himself — do you call that justice?
