Snipe

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 100

snīp, n. the name of a genus ( Gall in a go ) and of a family ( Scolopacidæ ) of birds, order Grallæ , having a long straight flexible bill, frequenting marshy places all over Europe: a fool: a simpleton: ( U.S. ) a half-smoked cigar picked up on the street: a long bill or account. [Scand., Ice. snípa ; Dut. snip , snep , Ger. schnepfe .]