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snuffbox::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | box |
Examples of snuffbox
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Gielgud the actor evokes an entire social structure with the delicate flourish of a snuffbox.
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In the exhibit room is a snuffbox given to Col.
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It was said that a pair of women's gloves could fit into half a walnut shell and a pair of stockings in a snuffbox.
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Rather fussily elegant in his dress-flowered velvet suit, lots of ruffles, snuffbox to flutter over-Gibbon exuded a tepid blandness.
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The commission did vote to list the snuffbox and rabbitsfoot mussel species as endangered and the sheepnose mussel as threatened.
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In the exhibit room is a snuffbox given to Col. Preston by George Washington in appreciation for saving his life during an attack by Indians.
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Her gifts to the Louvre include a diamond-studded snuffbox given by Queen Victoria to her great-grandfather, a French minister of state.
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The adjective great, debased in American museum parlance by the relentless way in which curators are apt to apply it to their latest snuffbox, does apply here.
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At the moment, Canelas-Roth, an art historian, is particularly upset about the fate of a spectacular Chinese snuffbox collection that her close friends'children are trying to dump for quick cash.
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- A small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
- Though the purpose of a box may be purely functional, boxes can also be very decorative and artistic. Many boxes are used for promotional packaging, both commercially and privately. Historical objects are usually called caskets if larger than say a shoebox, with only smaller ones called boxes.
- A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco
- A box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket. Snuff is a preparation of tobacco, either powdered and taken into the nostrils by inhalation, or ground and placed between the cheek and gum.
