Snuffbox

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• snuff-box

Origin

snuff + box

Full definition of snuffbox

Noun

1. A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.
• 1892 "He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid." — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity. http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/advsh12h.htm#3

Derived terms

• anatomical snuffbox