snuffer

See also: Snuffer

English

A snuffer.

Etymology

From snuff +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

snuffer (plural snuffers)

1. A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
   • 1731 (date written, published 1745), Jonathan Swift, “Directions to Servants”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XVI, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC:

     If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup.

2. A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product).
3. The common porpoise.
4. The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee).

Synonyms

• (device to extinguish candle): candle snuffer

Translations

candle snuffer — see candle snuffer

Anagrams

• Suffern