How to use snuffbox in a sentence
Joe,” said Mr. Wardle, after an unsuccessful search in all his pockets, “is my snuff-box on the sofa?
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensWishing to turn the joke against Schwerin, the king called attention to the snuff-box.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Sea-faring men seldom take snuff: a sailor with a snuff-box is as rarely to be met with as a sailor without a knife.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Also an antique brass snuff-box inlaid with mother-of-pearl turned up but little injured.
The Sinn Fein rebellion As I Saw It. | Mrs. Hamilton NorwayHis bare arms were whitened, his eyebrows were short, thick and high up on his forehead, and he carried a black snuff-box.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | Various
British Dictionary definitions for snuffbox
/ (ˈsnʌfˌbɒks) /
a container, often of elaborate ornamental design, for holding small quantities of snuff
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