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English
Etymology
From snag + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
snaggy (comparative snaggier, superlative snaggiest)
- Covered in snags, or similar sharp projections.
- (UK, dialect, archaic) Bad-tempered; crotchety.
1889, English Dialect Society, Publications, numbers 59-64, page 501:I couldn't live wi' a snaggy man like him if I was paaid for it.
References
- (crotchety): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary