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First used in 1944, referring to the airshaft on submarines. Comes from German Schnorchel, "nose, snout," related to schnarchen "to snore" . The spelling "snorkel" is first recorded in 1949, although the meaning "curved tube used by a swimmer to breathe under water" is first recorded 1951.

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