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snuffer definition

snuffer (-ər)

noun

  1. a device with a cone on the end of a handle, for extinguishing a burning candle
    in full candle snuffer
  2. an instrument like shears, for snuffing a candle
    also pair of snuffers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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