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Snaffle

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Noun

1. snaffle, snaffle bit

a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb

Verb

2. grab, snaffle, snap up

get hold of or seize quickly and easily

Example Sentences:
'I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale'

3. snaffle

fit or restrain with a snaffle

Example Sentences:
'snaffle a horse'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Snaffle

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noun
1. Also called: snaffle bit
a simple jointed bit for a horse
verb (transitive)
2. British informal
to steal or take for oneself
3. 
to equip or control with a snaffle

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Snaffle

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noun
1. 
a bit, usually light and jointed, attached to a bridle and having no curb
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsnaffled or ˈsnaffling
2. 
to fit with or control by a snaffle
3.  British, Informal
to purloin or snitch

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Snaffle

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n.
A bit for a horse, typically consisting of two bars joined at the center, as by a joint.
tr.v. snaf·fled, snaf·fling, snaf·fles
To put on or control with a snaffle.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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