Obs. Also 6 sneke-, sneek-, 7 sneake- (and SNEAKSBILL). [Of obscure origin: cf. SNEAKSBY.] A mean or paltry fellow; a starved or thin-faced person. Also attrib.
1562. J. Heywood, Prov. & Epigr. (1867), 72. Why will ye … I shall folow hir will? To make me Iohn drawlache, or such a snekebill.
1577. Kendall, Floures of Epigr., 9. Perchaunce thou deemst me in thy minde, Therefore a sneekbill, snudge vnkinde.
1611. Cotgr., Chiche-face.… A chichiface, micher, sneake-bill, wretched fellow. Ibid., Visage de rebec. A sneake-bill, sharp-nose, chittiface.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, I. liv. Here enter not base pinching Usurers,… chichie sneakbil rogues.
