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Meanings of snuff in anglès
català
aspiració espanyol
aspiración català
esbufegar espanyol
respirar ruidosamente Snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown.
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Examples for "snuff-brown"
Examples for "snuff-brown"
1
The Chinaman's yellow face was impassive, his snuff-brown eyes quite blank.
2
Then the voice of the snuff-brown secretary summoned her.
3
And she had tied her hair with a snuff-brown ribbon which was very unbecoming to her.
4
And there came a priest, who was a sub-lieutenant, out of a wood of snuff-brown shadows and half-veiled trunks.
5
She put them both away and instead brought out an ugly pattern of snuff-brown stuff, bought years before and never used.
1
They were, for example, used in the manufacture of the artist's oil paint known as Mummy Brown.
Usage of snuff in anglès
1
It must have been the fault of the Goblin in the snuff-box.
2
Today, open once more to any available sun, they are snuff dry.
3
Therefore no more snuff-boxes; in future I accept only orders of merit.
4
You could hear the does and fawns coughing in the snuff-like dust.
5
It was indeed the snuff-box of the President of the Weldon Institute.
6
He applied perpetually to the snuff-box in the knob of his cane.
7
Mr. Sweetser was largely engaged in the manufacture of snuff and cigars.
8
The Princess-mother took the snuff-box reluctantly and turned it over and over.
9
Some had them inlaid in gold on the lid of their snuff-boxes.
10
The powdered root mixed in snuff is of efficacy for weak eyes.
11
They can snuff a candle with a rifle ball in the dark.
12
Often just a simple cold suffices to snuff out the flickering life.
13
I mean, how do I know you're not going to snuff me?
14
At present he was busy polishing his snuff box with his handkerchief.
15
The cattle snuff the refreshing winds, that bear tidings of green fields.
16
The snuff of the burnt candle of enjoyment he calls regret, repentance.
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Translations for snuff
portuguès
Snuff through the time
Snuff across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common