give a sneck posset
To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.
She gave him a sneck posset.
sneck
/snɛk/
noun 3verb 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
little, narrow
PREP.
in
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
A latch or catch.
Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole.
The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.
2
The nose.
3
A cut.
verb
1
To latch, to lock.
2
To cut.
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sneck posset
A fastened latch.
Example Bank
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Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole.
Wiktionary02
The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.
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