snuff bottle
nounEtymology Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).
1
A bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco.
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noun
Etymology Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).
A bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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