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snuff-mulls

snuff-mulls is the plural of snuff-mull.

Meaning of snuff-mull

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...

Questions about snuff-mulls

What is snuff-mulls the plural of?
Snuff-mulls is the plural of snuff-mull.

Words near snuff-mulls in the dictionary

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

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