snuffbox

See also: snuff-box

English

Alternative forms

snuff-box

Etymology

snuff +‎ box

Pronunciation

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Noun

snuffbox (plural snuffboxes)

A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.
- 1892 October 14, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of a Case of Identity”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], →OCLC, page 57:
  He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.

Synonyms

sneeze-box (UK, slang, archaic)

Derived terms

anatomical snuffbox

Translations

small box

Arabic: مِسْعَط‎ m (misʕaṭ), مَنْشَقَة‎ f (manšaqa)
Armenian: քթախոտատուփ (hy) (kʿtʿaxotatupʿ), տաբակերկա (hy) (tabakerka)
Belarusian: табаке́рка f (tabakjérka)
Bulgarian: табаке́ра (bg) f (tabakéra)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鼻煙盒／鼻烟盒 (zh) (bíyānhé), 煙盒／烟盒 (zh) (yānhé)
Czech: tabatěrka (cs) f
Danish: snusæske c
Dutch: snuifdoos (nl) f
Estonian: nuusktubakatoos
Finnish: kiekko (fi), rasia (fi), nuuskarasia (fi)
French: tabatière (fr) f
Friulian: tabachere f
Georgian: საბურნუთე (saburnute)
German: Schnupftabakdose (de) f, Tabakdose (de) f, Tabatiere (de) f
Greek: ταμπακιέρα (el) f (tampakiéra)
Hungarian: tubákos szelence, burnótos szelence, burnótszelence
Italian: tabacchiera (it) f
Japanese: かぎタバコ入れ (かぎタバコいれ, kagitabakoire), タバコ入れ (タバコいれ, tabakoire)
Kashubian: tobaczéra f
Korean: 코담배갑 (kodambaegap)
Macedonian: бурму́тица f (burmútica), табаке́ра f (tabakéra)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хөөрөг (mn) (xöörög), хөхүүр (mn) (xöxüür)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: snusdåse (no) m

Nynorsk: snusdåse m
Piedmontese: tabachera f
Polish: tabakiera (pl) f, tabakierka (pl) f
Portuguese: tabaqueira f
Romanian: tabacheră (ro) f
Russian: табаке́рка (ru) f (tabakérka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: табаке́ра f

Roman: tabakéra (sh) f
Slovak: tabatierka f
Slovene: tobačnica f
Spanish: tabaquera f
Swedish: snusdosa (sv) c, tabatiär c
Ukrainian: табаке́рка f (tabakérka)
Walloon: please add this translation if you can

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