Daily Word Quiz
SNAPPER a) the point or climax of a story or joke b) a wooden match c) a small fast-breaking wave d) all of the above Answer below. Today's Featured Word: TWIT-TWAT ADJ. addicted to chatter, gossiping ...1677 obs. NOUN 1. idle talk, chatter, tittle-tattle ...1677 obs. 2. the house-sparrow ...1891 ETYMOLOGY apparently from twittle-twattle, altered from tittle-tattle FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1677 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...I believe this way of ordering the young Women in Germany is one great cause that the German women have so little of the twit twat." From: England's Improvement by Sea and Land By: Andrew Tarranton, 1677 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer SNAPPER d) all of the above. - the point or climax of a story or joke ...1857 Amer. sl. - a wooden match ...1970 Amer. sl. - a small fast-breaking wave ...1977 Aust. sl.
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