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snuff bottle

snuff bottle noun: a bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco.

snuff bottle: a bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco
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Noun

snuff bottle (plural snuff bottles)

  1. A bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco.

Forms of snuff bottle

pluralsnuff bottles

Origin of snuff bottle

Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).

Questions about snuff bottle

What does snuff bottle mean?
Snuff bottle means a bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco.
What part of speech is snuff bottle?
Snuff bottle is a noun.
What is the plural of snuff bottle?
The plural of snuff bottle is snuff bottles.

Words near snuff bottle in the dictionary

  1. snudged
  2. snudges
  3. snudgeth
  4. snudging
  5. snuff
  6. snuff bottle
  7. snuff bottles
  8. snuff box
  9. snuff box sea bean
  10. snuff box sea beans
  11. snuff boxes

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