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snuffbox

noun

Etymology

From snuff + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as snuffbox — “snuff + box”

Definitions

  1. A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.

    • He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for snuffbox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA