snuffer
See also: Snuffer
English
Noun
snuffer (plural snuffers)
- A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
- 1731 (date written, published 1745), Jonathan Swift, “Directions to Servants”, in Thomas Sheridan and 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.
- A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product).
- The common porpoise.
- 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
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