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snout
noun- tobacco; a cigarette UK, 1885
From “snout” (the nose), mainly prison use. “The word originates from the days when smoking was prohibited in prison. When smoking, the lag cupped his hand and pretended to rub his nose[.]” (Paul Tempest, Lag’s Lexicon, 1950). - “Have you got any snout on you?” asked the screw with a smile. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 11, 1958
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 106, 1996
- an informer, especially one who seeks a reward for giving information UK, 1910
Derives from a conventional “snout” (the nose) which is poked into other people’s business. - — Peter Laurie, Scotland Yard, p. 328, 1970
- If you can turn a villain into a snout, well, that’s the crucial part of being a good thief-taker — Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers, p. 15, 2001
- a grudge against someone AUSTRALIA, 1919
- You got a snout on that kid the first day you saw him working. — Ray Lawler, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, p. 36, 1957
▶ on the snout
in horseracing, a bet on a horse to finish first US- “Well, I mean do you want it on the snout, or what?” — Robert Byrne, McGoorty, p. 54, 1972
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