1 March 2014

snaffle (1)

[snaf-uhl]

noun

1. Also called snaffle bit. a bit, usually jointed in the middle and without a curb, with a large ring at each end to which a rein and cheek strap are attached.

verb (used with object), snaf·fled, snaf·fling.
2. to put a snaffle on (a horse).
3. to control with or as with a snaffle.

Origin:
1525–35; origin uncertain; compare Old Frisian snavel mouth, Dutch snavel, German Schnabel beak, bill

snaffle (2)

[snaf-uhl]

verb (used with object), snaf·fled, snaf·fling. British Informal.

– to appropriate for one’s own use, especially by devious means; purloin; filch. ‘He snaffled a bottle of wine’.

Origin:
1715–25; origin uncertain

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On this day

1 March 1954 – The U.S. tests a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Island, Pacific Ocean.

1 March 1981 – Bobby Sands, member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a hunger strike at HM Prison Maze, Dublin. He was protesting certain conditions in prison. During the strike he was elected as a Member of Parliament. He died after 65 days.