Sc. and dial. [Cf. SNAG v.1] Ill-tempered, peevish, snappish, cross.

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1781.  J. Hutton, Tour to Caves (ed. 2), Gloss. 96. Snaggy, tetchy, peevish.

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1806.  A. Douglas, Poems, 130. Quo’ Maggy fell snaggy, ‘Ye lie, you loun, an’ joke.’

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1823–.  in dial. glossaries (Suffolk, E. Anglia, Lincs.).

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1898.  B. Gregory, Side Lights Confl. Meth., 405. The stalwart President … had become spasmodic, snatchy, and at times snaggy.

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