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snuff-mull

snuff-mull noun: an elaborate snuff box, often made from ram's horn and adorned with silver or other embellishments.

Noun

snuff-mull (plural snuff-mulls)

  1. An elaborate snuff box, often made from ram's horn and adorned with silver or other embellishments.
    • He was taught the legends of the Mess Plate, from the great grinning Golden Gods that had come out of the Summer Palace in Pekin to the silver-mounted markhor-horn snuff-mull presented by the last C.O. (he who spake to the seven subalterns).[1889 January], Rudyard Kipling, “Only a Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars (A. H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library; no. 4), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: A[rthur] H[enry] Wheeler & Co.; London...

Forms of snuff-mull

pluralsnuff-mulls

Questions about snuff-mull

What does snuff-mull mean?
Snuff-mull means an elaborate snuff box, often made from ram's horn and adorned with silver or other embellishments.
What part of speech is snuff-mull?
Snuff-mull is a noun.
What is the plural of snuff-mull?
The plural of snuff-mull is snuff-mulls.

Words near snuff-mull in the dictionary

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

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