Snickers

snickers English Snickers thumb|A Snickers bar, broken in half Etymology Coined in 1930, from the name of a favorite horse owned by the Mars family, from en snicker<id:whinny><t:to whinny> s<id:hypocoristic><pos:hypocoristic suffix>.2019 Where Your Favorite Halloween Candy Got Its Name w:Dictionary.com https://web.archive.org/web/20191106132706/https://www.dictionary.com/e/candybar/. Pronunciation en /ˈsnɪkəz/ UK en /ˈsnɪkəɹz/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Snickers.wav US Noun * +<l:rare> A chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, with a peanut, caramel and nougat filling. en Paul D. Lehrman Advent and departure: A day at the auction Richard M. Gaines The Boston Phoenix XI 21 Boston, Mass. Media Communications Corporation 25 May 1982 Home Entertainment supplement 11 https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-05-25_11_21/page/n114/mode/1up 1 0163-3015 Over in a corner of the building, amid the packing crates and pallets, the snack bar is doing a land-office business. Burgers, hot dogs, potato chips, Snickerses, some fresh fruit and some tired-looking pastries, soda, and very respectable coffee are being dispensed by a hurried man named Willie and his three female assistants. en 1987 Jo Ann Algermissen Couple Diamonds 78 From his expression, it seemed that the only thing of importance taking place in the room was his deciding between a Snickers and a Babe Ruth! en 1990 Page McBrier The Press Mess 23 "Yep," said Robin, reaching into the cooler for a diet soda and a Snickers. en Michele Slung; Roland Hartman Preface Murder for Halloween: Tales of Suspense New York, N.Y. w:Mysterious Press 1994 xiv https://archive.org/details/murderforhallowe00mich/page/n17/mode/1up 0-89296-581-9 Yet, though Halloween has long been seen as a time for mild pranks, along with usually unverifiable eerie activity, the dread it inspires seems to us to be more mock than real. Not only are those caramel apples and miniature Snickerses positively delicious but, for many of us, so is the contemplation of those awful things briefly going “bump!” in the night beyond our windows—that is, as long as we’re safe inside. en 2001 Grant Guimont A Carousel of Sorts: The Cynic's Secret Guide to Ultimate Happiness 269 He saw humans feed them something called a Snickers, and he could feel the pain of those same deer as their stomachs twisted and contorted, but they came back for more of these Snickers. en 2004 Dorothy Koomson The Chocolate Run 272 ‘…I suppose it’s a bit like Snickers always being Marathon in my eyes. In about ten years only old people like me will remember it.’ ’No!’ he protested. ‘It’ll never die. In the minds of right-thinking people it’ll always be Marathon. For goodness’ sake, Snickers! Rhymes with knickers, you don’t want to eat something that does that, do you?’ en 2005 Ed Broth Stories from a Moron: Real Stories Rejected by Real Magazines 135 They just filled up their cars, threw away a Kleenex, grabbed a Snickers, shook out a dress, and washed up. en 2007 Hugh Prior They Flew So High 149 You can hop out of bed, visit the bathroom (and grin in the mirror), make a nice cup of tea, grab a Snickers and return to bed to daydream the morn away. en 2008 Eric B. Wechter Fodor's Pacific Northwest 554 Save room for such desserts as Snickers pie or tiramisu for two. en Cheryl Cory 1 Must’ve Done Something Good 2nd Worcester, Mass. Thirteen Hundred Media 2008 2009 1 https://archive.org/details/mustvedonesometh0000cory/page/1/mode/1up 978-1-4495-7820-6 “Sylvie, you realize we’ll be eating lunch in an hour, right?” This was my older sister Kate, seated to my left, on the aisle. / “Yeah, if it was in an hour and a half, she would’ve gotten two Snickers.” This was my younger sister Meg, who always seemed to get the window seat. / “You mean two Snickerses,” I told her. “But here are two snickers, just for you,” and here I clicked my tongue disapprovingly—twice. en 2012 Peter Sinn Nachtrieb Bob: A Life in Five Acts 24 BOB. Jeanine used to pull out a Snickers from her purse every time we hit a snag, like when there was four hours of traffic to get to Hoover Dam, when I got a B on a chemistry test, or when we got to the Michelle Kwan Museum and it was closed for renovation. I could really use a Snickers right now. en w:Tim Carvell October 31 w:Planet Tad New York, N.Y. Harper 2012 206 https://archive.org/details/planettad0000carv/page/206/mode/1up 978-0-06-193436-0 Sophie just came to the door and said, “Tad? I’m sorry you had a bad time at your party. You can have one of my Snickerses if you want.” Which was really nice of her. I mean, she’s allergic to peanuts, so I’m not sure why she didn’t let me have all the Snickers. But still . . . it was nice of her. Synonyms en Marathon previous brand name, no longer used Derived terms en Snickers pie en Snickers salad en thicker than a Snickers Translations chocolate bar Arabic: ar سنيكرز Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 士力架 shìlìjià Finnish: fi Snickers Marathi: mr स्निकर्स Russian: ru сни́керс m Spanish: es Snickers m References Anagrams en ceiknrss Resnicks en eponyms en Foods Sweets