Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To snuff; use as snuff.
- noun Snuff.
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Examples
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They made a humming like so many hornets in a country chimney, not with their talking, but with their whispering over their new Minuets and Bories, with the hands in their pockets, if only freed from their snush-box.
All About Coffee 1909
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The clashing of their snush-box lids, in opening and shutting, made more noise than their tongues.
All About Coffee 1909
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-- Then, Signiors, it keeps you in confidence, and Countenance; and whilst you gravely seem to take a snush, you gain time to answer to the purpose, and in a politick Posture -- as thus -- to any intricate Question.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
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Breath, Mustachoes stuft with villainous snush, Tobacco, and hollow
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Aphra Behn 1664
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Ghost would not appear in’t at the latter Day? then the compound of nasty Smells about him, stinking Breath, Mustachoes stuft with villainous snush, Tobacco, and hollow Teeth: thus prepar’d for Delight, you meet in Bed, where you may lie and sigh whole
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