1. a coarse, dark snuff made from tobacco
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The old gentleman kept a small box of rappee in his waistcoat pocket.
• Rappee was a popular form of tobacco in the 18th century.
• He offered his friend a pinch of rappee from his ornate snuffbox.
• The coarse texture of rappee distinguished it from finer snuffs.
• Many colonial Americans preferred rappee to smoking tobacco.