snickersnee
By the end of the 17th century, this three-word term was contracted into the single word snickersnee, which is both a verb and a noun. [1]
Now, however, they are combined into a compound noun that may be used as a verb meaning to fight with a snickersnee: “Smedley discovered quickly that he could not snickersnee the rapidly approaching grizzly bear.” [2]
It was fairly common in Victorian Britain, and appeared several times in works by William Makepeace Thackeray, for example in his Burlesques: “Otto, indeed, had convulsively grasped his snickersnee, with intent to plunge it into the heart of Rowski; but his politer feelings overcame him. [3]
Snickersnee is an artifact katana, that simply does +1d8 damage; the only good thing about it is that it uses the long sword skill, so you can build up skill quickly. [4]
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Several times the clue has been snick or _____, with the answer snee being found in the other clues. [1]
A couple of centuries earlier it was not a single word but a phrase, steake or snye, which was also written as stick or snee, snick or snee, snick-a-snee, or in other ways. [3]
An alteration of snick or snee. [6]
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The two words (from Dutch, see Word History) were used separately. [2]
In Thackeray’s poem, two cannibalistic sailors, one of whom is in possession of a snickersnee, contrive to eat Billee, their fellow sailor, who luckily manages to escape. [...] The term snick or snee (also written snick and snee) means ‘to fight by cutting and/or thrusting with a swordlike knife’. [1]
This phrase is a corruption of Dutch steken en snijden “stab and cut” from steken “to stab” + en “and” + snijden “to cut”. [2]
The phrases referred to a type of hand-to-hand fighting with pointed knives, or - by the end of the eighteenth century - to the knife one did it with. [3]
It is moderately useful in the early game, especially for Samurai, Valkyries and Knights (or other long sword wielders), but is usually not worth burning a wish for. [4]
Sources:
[1] The Mavens’ Word of the Day
[2] snickersnee - alphaDictionary * Free English On-line Dictionary
[3] World Wide Words: Snickersnee
[4] Snickersnee - Wikihack
[5] What are YOU doing here?
[6] snickersnee - Wiktionary
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