You perhaps set down in your mental memorandum, under the head of Appearances, not to be deceived by plain bluntness and snuff-color. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The individual in faded snuff-color was certainly hungry, and he seemed to enjoy his supper. From Wordnik.com. [Rudder Grange] Reference
Once he rejoiced in snuff-color, but latterly his costume was inveterately black ” with gaiters which seemed longing for something more substantial to close in. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Lamb]
"If the Herrnhuthers were right in their notions, the world would have been laid out in squares and angles and right lines, and everything would have been white and black and snuff-color, as they have been clipped by these merciless retrenchers of beauty and enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
“If the Herrnhuthers were right in their notions, the world would have been laid out in squares and angles and right lines, and everything would have been white and black and snuff-color, as they have been clipped by these merciless retrenchers of beauty and enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Irving]
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