snuffbox
Origin of snuffbox
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How to use snuffbox in a sentence
The first thing I noticed was a gold snuffbox, set with portraits of the king, the queen, and their two children.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodI took from my pocket the gold snuffbox with the portraits on the lid, and placed my key carefully therein.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodBooks lay upon the table; one of them open, with a horn snuffbox keeping down the leaf.
Audrey | Mary JohnstonThe trader, his head held very high, drew out a large and bedizened snuffbox, and took snuff with ostentation.
Audrey | Mary JohnstonHe laughed again, and, dismissing the subject with airiness somewhat exaggerated, drew out his huge gilt snuffbox.
Audrey | Mary Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for snuffbox
/ (ˈsnʌfˌbɒks) /
a container, often of elaborate ornamental design, for holding small quantities of snuff
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