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sneeze-box

sneeze-box noun: a snuffbox.

Noun

sneeze-box (plural sneeze-boxes)

  1. (UK, dated, slang) A snuffbox.
    • To think of Jack Dawkins—lummy Jack—the Dodger—the Artful Dodger—going abroad for a common twopenny-halfpenny sneeze-box!1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

Forms of sneeze-box

pluralsneeze-boxes

Questions about sneeze-box

What does sneeze-box mean?
Sneeze-box means a snuffbox.
What part of speech is sneeze-box?
Sneeze-box is a noun.
What is the plural of sneeze-box?
The plural of sneeze-box is sneeze-boxes.

Words near sneeze-box in the dictionary

  1. sneeze
  2. sneeze gas
  3. sneeze guard
  4. sneeze guards
  5. sneeze on the truth
  6. sneeze-box
  7. sneeze-boxes
  8. sneezed
  9. sneezed on the truth
  10. sneezefic
  11. sneezeguard

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