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snob
 n.— «Snob—a drink.» —“Jargon from Operative Plasterers’ Local No. 60, 310 Lennox Ave., Harlem; Hatch” in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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