snuffer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From snuff + -er.
Meanings
-
A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup.
1731 (date written; published 1745), [Jonathan] Swift, Directions to Servants […], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], and M. Cooper, […], →OCLC:
- A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product).
- The common porpoise.
- The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snuffers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
candle snuffer (device to extinguish candle)