MACCABOY

Etymology

Noun

maccaboy (uncountable)

A type of rose-scented snuff.

Source: Wiktionary


Mac"ca*boy, Mac"co*boy, n. Etym: [From a district in the Island of Martinique where it is made: cf. F. macouba.]

Definition: A kind of snuff.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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