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gen. make a snook at (кому-либо)
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idiom. cock a snook (thumb one's nose, as in "As soon as the teacher turned her back, the boys cocked a snook at her." This expression was first recorded in 1791 and the precise source of snook, here used in the sense of “a derisive gesture,” has been lost. It is more widely used in Britain but is not unknown in America Taras)
Makarov. cock a snook at; cock snooks at; cut a snook at; cut snooks at; make a snook at (someone); make a snooks at (someone)
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