snaffle
Example Sentences
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Punters buy raffle tickets in the hope that they will be the lucky one to choose the correct key, open the box and snaffle the prize money.
From BBC • May 10, 2025
Acorns are only on the ground for a short period, and the bears has to wander around to snaffle them all up.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2022
And at the end of an evening, it’s not uncommon for deer to emerge from the trees and snaffle up the leftover popcorn.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2022
Years later, I would visit the Valdes Peninsula in Argentina, where these scenes of orcas beaching themselves to snaffle sea lion pups off the shingle were filmed.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2022
Apparently, Nelly has been broken in the usual way, for she trots naturally on a steady rein or on the snaffle.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.