Talk:snatch and run

I parse the 1893 quotation as "make a snatch" and "run out of the store"- snatch is the noun and "run out of" a verb. DTLHS (talk) 16:31, 4 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes: "a (snatch-and-run) out of the store" cannot mean the snatching takes place inside. Equinox ◑ 16:40, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't know what you mean, the 1893 quotation is not hyphenated. DTLHS (talk) 16:45, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that one is not really a noun use, but because the highlighted phrase was in a robbery context I left it in but put it in brackets. It might be an early precursor of the lemma. Maybe it should be in an etymology section instead? — SGconlaw (talk) 16:45, 4 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Hyphens added to indicate how it would be parsed. Equinox ◑ 16:48, 4 September 2018 (UTC)