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snuff-horns

snuff-horns is the plural of snuff-horn.

Meaning of snuff-horn

Noun

snuff-horn (plural snuff-horns)

  1. A container for snuff made from an animal's horn.
    • When the coffee was drunk, and the cup was put away with many thanks and blessings, she went demurely to the hearth, and pulled out a snuff-horn.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 302

Questions about snuff-horns

What is snuff-horns the plural of?
Snuff-horns is the plural of snuff-horn.

Words near snuff-horns in the dictionary

  1. snuff-box
  2. snuff-boxes
  3. snuff-dish
  4. snuff-dishes
  5. snuff-horn
  6. snuff-horns
  7. snuff-mull
  8. snuff-mulls
  9. snuffbait
  10. snuffbox
  11. snuffbox bean

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