IVIV (1) "a snatch of some kind" p3
Doug Millison
dougmillison at comcast.net
Thu Aug 27 14:41:30 CDT 2009
"a snatch of some kind" p3 sounds funny coming from Doc.
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/snatch_2
snatch_2 [countable]
1 a snatch of conversation/music/song etc a short part of a
conversation, song etc that you hear:
I could hear snatches of the conversation from across the room.
2 in snatches for short periods:I only slept in snatches during the
night.
3 when someone quickly takes or steals something:
reports of a bag snatch
4 taboo informal a very offensive word for a woman's sex organ. Do not
use this word.
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