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TracyF | 00:43 Mon 26th Jul 2004 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Why is a packed lunch (usually to take to work) called snap in my neck of the woods
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On the same basis as a dog having a 'snap' at someone, 'snap' in human terms has meant 'a quick bite (to eat)' since the 1600s. Then, it was used in standard English, but now it is purely dialectal.

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