Meaning

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

    таба́чный пузырёкtabáčnyj puzyrjók

Translations

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By meaning 1
bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco:

Origin

Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).

Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).

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Forms

plural: snuff bottles
Singularsnuff bottle
Pluralsnuff bottles

regular

See also

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