Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place where edible snails are kept, reared, and fattened to be used for food.
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- noun A place where
snails are bred or kept.
Etymologies
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snail + -ery
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Examples
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And next to these, a snailery: bubbles of air rising in its water showed that all was well.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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But the last thing I remembered hearing, except for the gurgling of the snailery and the rain on the roof, before I took a slippery slide into sleep was her whispered lisp in my ear, "Nothing to lose, Marx, and nothing to gain.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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