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snip⋅pet

  [snip-it]
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–noun
1. a small piece snipped off; a small bit, scrap, or fragment: an anthology of snippets.
2. Informal. a small or insignificant person.
Origin:
1655–65; snip + -et
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snip·pet   (snĭp'ĭt)   
n.  
  1. A bit, scrap, or morsel: "sparkling black bass ... strewn with snippets of coriander and basil" (Gael Greene).
  2. Informal A small or mischievous person.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Snippet

Snip"pet\, n. A small part or piece.

To be cut into snippets and shreds. --F. Harrison.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : snippet
Spanish: recorte, trocito, fragmento,
German: Bruchstücke (pl.),
Japanese: 断片
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snippet 
1664, diminutive form of snip (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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