snuff bottle

noun

A bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco.

OriginChinese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 →
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Meanings

nounsnuff bottle (plural snuff bottles)

plural snuff bottles

  1. A bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco.

Origin

  1. Chinese鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶
  2. Englishsnuff bottle

Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶
  • 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco
Chinese Mandarin 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶
  • 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú)bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco
Finnish nuuskapullo
  • nuuskapullobottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco
Russian таба́чный пузырёк
  • таба́чный пузырёк (tabáčnyj puzyrjók)bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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