DCHP-3

snapper (broom)

Curling
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

See first quote.

Quotations

1966
The snappers are Canadian-made brooms--in some areas they are illegal in Canada . . . with a strip of leather in the centre. The leather gives a crackling noise when it strikes the ice, thus the name.
1966
The . . . rink were given permission . . . to continue using their snapper brooms.