snuffbox

IPA: snˈʌfbɑks

Examples of "snuffbox" in Sentences

Saturnino peaches are known as "tabacchiere" (snuffbox) in Italian.
He has a glittering ring and is taking snuff from his gold snuffbox.
The size was "snuffbox," or waistcoat pocket (capacious in 1790, see "School for Scandal," etc.,
I marveled at the rich photos and detailed copy—and desperately coveted that oval snuffbox with the plumed helmet on the lid.
The Frenchman shrugged, removed a snuffbox from the pocket of his fashionable short-tailed jacket, and partook of the powdered tobacco with a noisy snort.
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.
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 pocket watch and snuffbox were of no interest to him, although he took them anyway to make it appear that Rosen had been robbed, but the thick wad of the ready Rosen was sporting was enough to keep him in relative comfort for a number of days.