snoose

English

Etymology

From Swedish snus.

Pronunciation

enPR: snoo͞s, IPA^(key): /snuːs/
Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

snoose (uncountable)

Alternative form of snus
- 2008, Louise Erdrich, The Plague of Doves, page 7:
  Our mother had given him a red coffee can for spitting snoose.

Further reading

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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