[f. SNAKE sb. + -SHIP.] The personality of a snake. (Used as a mock title or humorous designation.)
1839. F. Barham, Adamus Exul, 14. Thus unknown, My lubricating snakeship will I wind Cunningly onward.
1849. Zoologist, VII. 2459. Captain Adams, not feeling partial to an encounter with his snakeship, ordered the vessel to be kept off.
1876. E. W. Clark, Life Japan, 90. One of my bearers poked him [a snake] gently with a stick, whereupon his snakeship moved slowly away.
