Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bottle designed or used to contain snuff.
Examples
“I think it's lovely to have just a few beautiful things, whether they are old, like your snuff-bottle or my goblets, or modern perhaps a carving or weaving.”
Diego my dead bat, personal 'loot' from Hawaii, a week of poor health and 'small pleasures'
“I'm so glad that little snuff-bottle found its way to you, because you find it beautiful.”
Diego my dead bat, personal 'loot' from Hawaii, a week of poor health and 'small pleasures'
“Sometimes, however, we felt like remonstrating with the mothers who gave their children sticks from the family snuff-bottle, and taught them the disgusting habit.”
“Page 775 carried some bundle of household gear; the mother usually bore a basket containing a ham, some coarse corn-bread, and, mayhap, a package of fruit, as well as the snuff-bottle; and the father bore the family rifle, its long barrels weather-stained and rusty.”
“Mrs. Wood seized her snuff-bottle and plunged a stick vigorously into the contents, and, as the miller showed no disposition to skirmish, she continued:”
“Mrs Wood seized her snuff-bottle and plunged a stick vigorously into the contents, and, as the miller showed no disposition to skirmish, she continued:”
“Next, everybody takes from a purse, suspended at his girdle, a little snuff-bottle, and mutual pinches accompany such phrases as these: "Is the pasturage with you rich and abundant?”
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852
“-- chew one end of the brush until it becomes soft and pliant, then dab the same while still wet with saliva into the snuff-bottle, and immediately stick it back into the mouth again with the fine particles of snuff adhering; then proceed to mop the gums and teeth adroitly, to suck, and chew, and spit to your heart's content.”
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
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Bottle Collection
I have a sizable collection of fiddle- and banjo-shaped bottles. Some quite old, others not so old.
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