take a pinch of snuff

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• snuff — n. 1) to take snuff 2) a pinch of snuff 3) (misc.) not up to snuff ( not up to an acceptable standard ) * * * [snʌf] a pinch of snuff to take snuff (misc.) not up to snuff ( not up to an acceptable standard ) …   Combinatory dictionary

• snuff — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun … OF SNUFF ▪ pinch VERB + SNUFF ▪ inhale, take SNUFF + NOUN ▪ box Snuff is used before these nouns: ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• pinch — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) tightly, esp. between finger and thumb (pinched my finger in the door; stop pinching me). b (often absol.) (of a shoe, garment, etc.) constrict (the flesh) painfully …   Useful english dictionary

• snuff — snuff1 snuffingly, adv. /snuf/, v.t. 1. to draw in through the nose by inhaling. 2. to perceive by or as by smelling; sniff. 3. to examine by smelling, as an animal does. v.i. 4. to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something;… …   Universalium

• snuff — I. /snʌf / (say snuf) verb (t) 1. to draw in through the nose by inhaling. 2. to perceive by or as by smelling. 3. to examine by smelling, as an animal does. –verb (i) 4. to draw air, etc., into the nostrils by inhaling, as in order to smell… …  

• snuff — I [[t]snʌf[/t]] v. t. 1) phl to draw in through the nose by inhaling 2) phl to perceive by or as if by smelling; sniff 3) to examine by smelling, as an animal does 4) to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something; snuffle 5) to …   From formal English to slang

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