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snuffbox

[ snuhf-boks ]

noun

  1. a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.


snuffbox

/ ˈsnʌfˌbɒks /

noun

  1. a container, often of elaborate ornamental design, for holding small quantities of snuff
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of snuffbox1

First recorded in 1680–90; snuff 1 + box 1
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Example Sentences

The first thing I noticed was a gold snuffbox, set with portraits of the king, the queen, and their two children.

I took from my pocket the gold snuffbox with the portraits on the lid, and placed my key carefully therein.

Books lay upon the table; one of them open, with a horn snuffbox keeping down the leaf.

The trader, his head held very high, drew out a large and bedizened snuffbox, and took snuff with ostentation.

He laughed again, and, dismissing the subject with airiness somewhat exaggerated, drew out his huge gilt snuffbox.

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