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A sneck is another name for a snib. Inver means a mouth of a river. Inverness can be seen as the fastening catch holding the jaw of the Moray Firth closed at the mouth of the river Ness. Hence, Inver Sneck.
Hence ‘Sneckie Taxis’ an abbreviated form of Inversneckie - an affectionate term for the Highland capital.