Snuff-horn

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A container for snuff made from an animal's horn.

    "When the coffee was drunk, and the cup was put away with many thanks and blessings, she went demurely to the hearth, and pulled out a snuff-horn."

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"When the coffee was drunk, and the cup was put away with many thanks and blessings, she went demurely to the hearth, and pulled out a snuff-horn."

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