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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 pocketplay

  Familiarity information: SNUFFBOX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SNUFFBOX (noun)


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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