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SNUFFBOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snuffbox mean?
• SNUFFBOX (noun)
The noun SNUFFBOX has 1 sense:
1. a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
Familiarity information: SNUFFBOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("snuffbox" is a kind of...):
box (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid)
Context examples
He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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