snuffer
1 Americannoun
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a cone-shaped implement for extinguishing candles
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(plural) an instrument resembling a pair of scissors for trimming the wick or extinguishing the flame of a candle
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rare a person who takes snuff
Etymology
Origin of snuffer1
First recorded in 1600–10; snuff 1 + -er 1
Origin of snuffer2
Example Sentences
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To avoid blowing ash all over the candle, extinguish the flame with a snuffer, or dip the wick into the melted wax, then straighten it out.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022
No snuffer, Judge Stearne likes to smoke his pipe when out of the Orphans' Court, philosophize about his work.
From Time Magazine Archive
“When you’ve got something special like we do, how can you hide it under a bushel? How can you snuff it under a snuffer? Why, Chlo-Chlo, I want to shout it to the wondering world!”
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
He put out one more candle, then set down his silver snuffer and hobbled toward her with a pronounced limp.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
A candlestick without a snuffer, Whereby his fingers often suffer.
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst
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