maccaboy

American  

[mak-uh-boi] / ˈmæk əˌbɔɪ /

Or maccoboy

noun

1. a kind of snuff, usually rose-scented.

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maccaboy British  

/ ˈmækəˌbɔɪ, ˈmækəˌbɔː /

noun

1. a dark rose-scented snuff

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Etymology

Origin of maccaboy

1730–40; earlier macabao, macauba, mac ( c ) ouba < French macouba a kind of aromatic tobacco; special use of Macouba place in northern Martinique, where made

Example Sentences

"Well, everybody has to have their pesters, and you'll have to take yours," rejoined Miss Persis Tame, taking a pinch of snuff—the real Maccaboy—twice as large, with twice as fierce an action.

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"Kindly have it filled with maccaboy," he said.

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And Mrs. Perkins finished her speech with the largest pinch of maccaboy she could possibly hold between her thumb and forefinger.

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Associated words: pluviography, flurry, sleet, spoondrift, drift, flake, igloo, slush, avalanche, hyetology, meteorology, blizzard. snowy, a. niveous, snowlike. snub, v. slight, ignore, disregard. snub, n. slight, check, rebuke. snuff, n. maccaboy, rappee; sniff. snug, a. cozy; concealed, close; comfortable, compact. snuggle, v. nestle, cuddle. soak, v. drench, saturate; absorb, imbibe; macerate imbrue, steep. soaked, a. drenched, saturated, sodden. soaking, a. drenching, saturating. soap, n.

From Project Gutenberg

The collar sits as high in the neck; the red silk handkerchief peeps out behind; the trousers are cut with the "full fall," over which hangs the watch fob-chain with its heavy seals; the low-crowned beaver hat has the same wide brim; and the silver snuff-box is still redolent of Scotch maccaboy.

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