Definition of "snuff-box" [snuff-box]

• Alternative spelling of snuffbox. (noun)

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• "-- Now give me my watches [SERVANT _fetches the watches_,] my chapeau, [SERVANT _brings a dress hat_,] my handkerchief, [SERVANT _pours some scented liquor on a handkerchief and brings it_,] my snuff-box [SERVANT _brings snuff-box_.]"
• "All the head that I saw the monster possessed of was one of those Hessian canteens which resemble a large snuff-box with a hole in the middle of the lid."
• "Then he rolled off center, to pull out his great snuff-box from the leather bag at his waist."