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snoose

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[snoos, snooz] / snus, snuz /

noun

  1. finely powdered tobacco; snuff.

Etymology

Origin of snoose

1910–15; < Swedish snusa, Danish, Norwegian snuse, short for Swedish, Danish, Norwegian snustobak ( k ) snuff (sniff ) tobacco

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They discover that the bed each of them has been sleeping in is a snoose, that long-time-no-see is just Indi an corn, that "stick close to the Ameche" means mind, the telephone, etc.

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