Every “snooker” stood, anxious but ready to be inspected
Routledge’s Every Boy’s Annual. 1873. P.149
At the appointed time every “snooker” stood, anxious but ready to be inspected, and to hear that he and his friends had acted up to the letter, as well as the spirit, of the printed instructions, which used not so long ago to desire them to bring two cotton nightcaps to the Academy where they where to be taught how to blow off their enemies’ heads as effectually as possible.