snuffbox

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

Noun

  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,...

    Synonyms: sneeze-box

Origin

From snuff + box.

Forms

snuffboxes snuff-box snuff box

Derived

anatomical snuffbox devil's snuffbox