snuffbox
Noun
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Noun
snuffbox (plural snuffboxes)
- A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.
- 1892, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Case of Identity”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 02541507 ↗, page 57 ↗:
- He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.
- French: tabatière
- German: Schnupftabakdose, Tabakdose, Tabatiere
- Italian: tabacchiera
- Portuguese: tabaqueira
- Russian: табаке́рка
- Spanish: tabaquera
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