snuffbox
nounEtymology From snuff + box.
1
A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.
- He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.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:
- Derived terms
- anatomical snuffbox, devil's snuffbox, snuffbox bean