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Thread #36713   Message #3463471
Posted By: Will Fly
09-Jan-13 - 04:56 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/language: Of snickets and ginnels
Subject: RE: Of snickets and ginnels
I wonder if there might be some connection between 'snicket' and 'cut' - perhaps representing the concept of a passage cut through housing...

To snick something with a knife is to cut it.