give a sneck posset

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English

Etymology

From sneck (latch) + posset (curdle, turn).

Verb

give a sneck posset (third-person singular simple present gives a sneck posset, present participle giving a sneck posset, simple past gave a sneck posset, past participle given a sneck posset)

  1. (idiomatic, British) To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.
    she gave him a sneck posset

References

  • sneck posset, in Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors, by Peter Richard Wilkinson, 2002.
  • sneck posset, in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1894, page 1155