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snicket

snicket

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A family name an author used instead of their real name
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsnɪkɪt/
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  • Speaking of whom, Lemony Snicket is the pen name of author Daniel Handler.
  • Lemony Snicket

I'm like that girl in Lemony Snicket.

Examples

  • If you've never heard of Lemony Snicket, you have thus far been missing out!

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  • My name is Lemony Snicket and it is my sad duty to document this tale.

    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

  • I really like how Lemony Snicket addresses the reader.

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  • Noah Cruickshank: Back in 1999, Daniel Handler, under the guise of "Lemony Snicket," released the first of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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  • Daniel Handler, better known by his pen name Lemony Snicket, has written several popular children's books.

  • The fictional character that Daniel Handler created is named Lemony Snicket, who narrates various misadventures.

  • Most readers know Lemony Snicket as the author behind the darkly humorous series "A Series of Unfortunate Events."

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Snicket as a family name probably comes from the same old word for a 'narrow lane', meaning someone who lived by a snicket. That's why the pen name Lemony Snicket sounds like a small, mysterious lane and fits a writer of secret, strange stories.