snuffbox

See also: snuff-box

English

A snuffbox.

Alternative forms

• snuff-box, snuff box

Etymology

From snuff +‎ box.

Pronunciation

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Noun

snuffbox (plural snuffboxes)

1. A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.

   Synonym: sneeze-box (UK, slang, dated)

   • 1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 248, column 2:

     He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.

Derived terms

• anatomical snuffbox
• devil's snuffbox
• snuffbox bean

Translations

small box

• Arabic: مِسْعَط m (misʕaṭ), مَنْشَقَة f (manšaqa)
• Armenian: քթախոտատուփ (hy) (kʻtʻaxotatupʻ), տաբակերկա (hy) (tabakerka)
• Belarusian: табаке́рка f (tabakjérka)
• Bulgarian: табаке́ра (bg) f (tabakéra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻煙盒 / 鼻烟盒 (zh) (bíyānhé), 煙盒 / 烟盒 (zh) (yānhé)

• Czech: tabatěrka (cs) f
• Danish: snusæske c
• Dutch: snuifdoos (nl) f
• Estonian: nuusktubakatoos
• Finnish: nuuskarasia (fi)
• French: tabatière (fr) f
• Friulian: tabachere f
• Georgian: საბურნუთე (saburnute)
• German: Schnupftabakdose (de) f, Tabakdose (de) f, Tabatiere (de) f
• Greek: ταμπακιέρα (el) f (tampakiéra)
• Hungarian: tubákos szelence, burnótos szelence, burnótszelence (hu)
• Ingrian: tabakerkka
• Italian: tabacchiera (it) f
• Japanese: かぎタバコ入れ (かぎタバコいれ, kagitabakoire), タバコ入れ (タバコいれ, tabakoire)
• Kashubian: tobaczéra f
• Korean: 코담배갑 (kodambaegap)
• Macedonian: бурму́тица f (burmútica), табаке́ра f (tabakéra)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хөөрөг (mn) (xöörög), хөхүүр (mn) (xöxüür)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snusdåse (no) m

  Nynorsk: snusdåse m

• Piedmontese: tabachera f
• Polish: tabakiera (pl) f, tabakierka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tabaqueira f
• Romanian: tabacheră (ro) f
• Russian: табаке́рка (ru) f (tabakérka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: табаке́ра f

  Latin: tabakéra (sh) f

• Silesian: sznuptabakdołza f, tabakdołza f
• Slovak: tabatierka f
• Slovene: tobačnica f
• Spanish: tabaquera (es) f
• Swedish: snusdosa (sv) c, tabatiär c
• Ukrainian: табаке́рка f (tabakérka)
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can