What is Snecklifter?
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A beer ponce. A sneck is an old-fashioned latch and a snecklifter was someone who would lift the latch on a door of a pub, poke their head into the bar to see if there was the friendly face of someone who would buy him a pint.
Lent its name to a dark ale brewed by Jennings of
As usual, Terry, a notorious snecklifter, left the pub without buying a round.