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snuff bottle

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snuff bottle

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺 / 鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).

Noun

snuff bottle (plural snuff bottles)

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

Translations

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

Chinese:
Cantonese: 鼻煙壺 / 鼻烟壶 (bei⁶ jin¹ wu^4-2)

Mandarin: 鼻煙壺 / 鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: nuuska pullo
French: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: таба́чный пузырёк m (tabáčnyj puzyrjók)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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