Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea: so called from its brittle stem. Also called snappers, snap-cracker, and snapwort. Britten and Holland, Eng. Plant Names.
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He was always the bubble, play at what he would, and every snap-jack knew him to be his mark. '
Anna St. Ives Thomas Holcroft 1777
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