take snuff's Usage Examples:

his assistant Detective Inspector David Lingard, a dandy who likes to take snuff, which annoys his superior.

goods as sacrifice to God, they lie and slander friends, and speak or take snuff during mass, all of which suggest the French to be infidels to their faith.

recorded that " he was never heard [or known] to swear, chew tobacco, take snuff, or whistle or sing in his life, and was considered the most lively, pleasant.

late 1700s, dry snuff was taken nasally, but then early Americans would take snuff orally by chewing the end of a twig until it resembled a brush, and then.

As a result, Members may take snuff instead and the doorkeepers still keep a snuff-box for this purpose.

suspect that Mr Scrimshaw is sneaking off to the gents" fitting room to take snuff.

Very few members are said to take snuff nowadays.

Synonyms:

move, act,

Antonyms:

refrain, block, recall,