Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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SNAPPER, n.3 See quot.:Gsw. 1971 Observer (19 Sept.) 6:
He was also a ‘snapper,’ a dock worker who had to attend musters at which a foreman would click his fingers to the men— you, you and you—who were to get a shift's work.
[Agent n. from snap (the fingers).]
