"snuff bottle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snuff bottles [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺/鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|zh|鼻煙壺|tr=bíyānhú}} Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺/鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú) Head templates: {{en-noun}} snuff bottle (plural snuff bottles)
  1. A bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco. Wikipedia link: snuff bottle Categories (topical): Vessels Categories (lifeform): Tobacco Translations (bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco): 鼻煙壺 (Chinese Cantonese), 鼻烟壶 (alt: bei⁶ jin¹ wu⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 鼻煙壺 (Chinese Mandarin), 鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú) (Chinese Mandarin), nuuskapullo (Finnish), таба́чный пузырёк (tabáčnyj puzyrjók) [masculine] (Russian)

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