tabakmaks

Latvian

From tabakas (“tobacco[gen.]”) +‎ maks (“bag, pouch”).

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tabakmaks m (1st declension)

tobacco pouch (small bag or pouch for keeping tobacco)
Kaspars sameklēja pīpi, ilgi čamdījās pa kabatām, meklēdams tabakmaku, bet, neatradis to, noglabāja pīpi kabatā ― Kaspars found his pipe and felt around in his pockets, looking for (his) tobacco pouch, then, not having found it, he put his pipe back in his pocket

dāvāja Viņauku Mārtiņam kāda meita tabakmaku skaistiem vilnas pušķiem aizvelkamās aukliņas galos ― some girl had given Mārtiņš Vinauks a tobacco pouch with beautiful woollen ends in its drawstring