Talk:snapper

Turtle

When I lived in Louisiana, this was a kind of turtle as well, a "Snapper turtle". --Cromwellt|Talk|Contris 18:39, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

 Done Equinox ◑ 06:16, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Missing sense?

Something like a crux or punchline: "Very often, of course, the rambling and disjointed humorous story finishes with a nub, point, snapper, or whatever you like to call it." - Mark Twain. Equinox ◑ 06:16, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Which archaic sense is this?

It could be somebody who snaps, i.e. speaks sharply, or perhaps some other slang.

• 1829, Melodist, and Mirthful Olio

  This lass, Nelly Long, she was dressish and dapper,
  And, though our Dick was a good looked lad,
  She snubb'd him, scop'd him, for she was a snapper,
  And told him quite plumpish—she wan't to be had: […]

Equinox ◑ 19:47, 16 October 2019 (UTC)