give a sneck posset

English

Etymology

From sneck (“latch”) + posset (“curdle, turn”).

Verb

give a sneck posset

1. (archaic, UK) (literally) To fasten the door latch.
2. (idiomatic, UK) To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.

References

• sneck posset, in Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors, by Peter Richard Wilkinson, 2002.
• sneck posset, in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1894, page 1155