[f. SNIP sb. 7 + -(O)CRACY.] The tailoring profession or its leading members.
1861. G. Meredith, Evan Harrington, I. xiv. 289. By Jove! this comes it strong. Fancy the snipocracy here—eh?
1912. Nation, 20 April, 84/1. The glorified tailor,… the Marquis of Snipocracy.
1930. Victoria Daily Times, 18 Oct., 4/5. If ever there were to be a Back-to-Nature movement, surely the tall man would be in the vanguard, for invariably the Snipocracy charges him for extra cloth and material.
