concept
Cigarette Case
cigarette-case
also: portsigar
A small metal or leather case for carrying loose cigarettes, a leisured accessory of gentry life -- here doubling as the lady's purse when she tips the old woman.
Reading notes
- The Lady of the Manor §26 cigarette-case
A portsigar, a small metal or leather case for carrying loose cigarettes -- an accessory of leisured gentry life, here doubling as the lady's purse when she tips the old woman.