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Definition of "snuffbox" [snuff•box]

  • A small, often decorated box with a hinged lid, used for carrying snuff. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "snuffbox" in a sentence
  • "The size was "snuffbox," or waistcoat pocket (capacious in 1790, see "School for Scandal," etc.,"
  • "Napoleonic Wars hero Horatio Nelson 1758–1805 once owned one of the items, a faux tortoise-shell snuffbox depicting a scene from a seaside Italian town on its lid."
  • "The son of Nelson's secretary, who inherited the snuffbox, thought Nelson had given it to his secretary to show off in front of his new or soon-to-be paramour."