snipe

snipe
 n.β€” Β«Already Hayworth’s people are attaching little notices on their signs, asking Mitchell not to steal them. In sign parlance, the small add-ons are called snipes. They won’t be the last.Β» β€”β€œThe Contentious Land of Az.” by Mike Pesca NPR: Reporter’s Notebook Aug. 15, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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