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snuffbox

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Woman with snuffbox in hand. She wears a 'habit en Lévite' (jacket dress) decorated with cords, epaulettes and tassels. The accompanying skirt is trimmed with a band of a different color. Blonde or bobbin lace has been applied around the Lévite and on both sides of the skirt. On the head a white tulle hat, decorated with a black tulle pouf and lace ribbons. Around the waist a tied scarf with fringes. Print from the series dd. 28th Cahier de Costumes Français, 22nd Suite d'Habillemens à la mode en 1780, Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français.
Woman with snuffbox in hand. She wears a 'habit en Lévite' (jacket dress) decorated with cords, epaulettes and tassels. The accompanying skirt is trimmed with a band of a different color. Blonde or bobbin lace has been applied around the Lévite and on both sides of the skirt. On the head a white tulle hat, decorated with a black tulle pouf and lace ribbons. Around the waist a tied scarf with fringes. Print from the series dd. 28th Cahier de Costumes Français, 22nd Suite d'Habillemens à la mode en 1780, Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français.
  1. (n) snuffbox
    a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Snuffbox
    A small box for carrying snuff about the person.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) snuffbox
    A box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket. When it was customary to take snuff, as in the eighteenth century, a snuff-box was a common present, whether of good will or ceremony. On this account, and for personal display, these boxes were often made of the most costly materials, highly finished portraits were set in their lids, and settings of diamonds or pearls were not unknown. See also cut under niello.
  2. (n) snuffbox
    A puffball: same as devil's snuff-box (which see, under devil). See also Lycoperdon.
Usage in the news

Rayed bean and snuffbox mussels now endangered. spinalcolumnonline.com

Rayed bean and snuffbox mussels now endangered. spinalcolumnonline.com

Antiques Roadshow Des Moines, Hour 2: Appraisal: Russian Lukutin Snuffbox PBS. iptv.org

Usage in literature

He half rose, meaning to go round, but the aunt handed him the snuffbox, passing it across Helene's back. "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy

It's much better than the snuffboxes. "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James

He sat down on one of the low forms near Mr. Drever's desk, and took from his waistcoat pocket a large silver snuffbox. "The Pilots of Pomona" by Robert Leighton

Playing-cards, snuffboxes, and fringed gloves elbowed a shelf of books, and a full-bottomed wig ogled a lady's headdress of ribbon and malines. "Audrey" by Mary Johnston

The first thing I noticed was a gold snuffbox, set with portraits of the king, the queen, and their two children. "Lazarre" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

You will then be a Squire, with your cane, your lean-limbed hound, your stocking-leg of specie, and your snuffbox. "Dream Life" by Donald G. Mitchell

He was shown the sword and snuffbox of General Count de Songis, brother of his paternal grandmother. "Georges Guynemer" by Henry Bordeaux

He withdrew a snuffbox from his semi-clerical vest pocket, and thoughtfully tapped it with a forefinger. "The Triumph of John Kars" by Ridgwell Cullum

Then he takes out his snuffbox and taps it, which is a sign that he is going to say something worth while. "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14" by Elbert Hubbard

It took my fancy, for I thought it was a snuffbox. "Her Mother's Secret" by Emma D. E. N. Southworth