snuff

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I recklect he called me aside that afternoon, assuming a solamon and misterus hare, "Charles," said he, "ARE YOU UP TO SNUFF?"

From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Kippen's and Tillich's SNUFF, Bibles and Teſtaments, all Sorts of Stationary, &c. &c. &c.

From The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Various

Now WINDING-SHEETS he sometimes made,   But this was not enough, For finding it a poorish trade,   He also dealt in SNUFF.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James