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s nuhf

  • n  the charred portion of a candlewick
  • n  a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
  • n  finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
  • n  sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
  • v  sniff or smell inquiringly
  • v  inhale audibly through the nose
    snuff coke
  • s  snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

  • She was frivolous, used rouge, dipped snuff, and .
  • There's no genie in a Chinese snuff bottle, but it's easy to see why these exquisite little phials the height of fashion in 18th century Beijing cast a spell on collectors .
  • All snuff users are divided into two groups: 1) those who snuff snuff into their nostrils for a delightfully prolonged sneeze sensation; 2) those who place snuff between gum and .
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  • David Douillet in 940 News
    One torch bearer, two-time French judo gold medallist David Douillet, told RTL radio that he regretted the choice of China, "because it isn't up to snuff on freedom of expression, on total liberty, and of course, on Olympic values."
  • Deron Williams in USA Today
    Our execution wasn't up to snuff offensively but defensively they shot a much higher percentage than in Game 1 and that's really the stat to look at,said Williams, whose 35 points were a career playoff high. "Could we have been better...
  • Barack Obama in The Atlantic
    I'm not going to let this [financial reform] effort fall victim to industry lobbyists who want to weaken it, water it down and kill it and snuff it out and stomp on it and whatever else they want to do to it,Obama said yesterday during a...

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