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Noun: snuffers  snú-fu(r)z
  1. Scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick
    "In the days before electric lighting, snuffers were essential for maintaining candles"
Noun: snuffer  snú-fu(r)
  1. A cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles
    "She used a snuffer to put out the candles on the dinner table"
     
  2. A person who snuffs out candles
    "In the old theatre, the snuffer would extinguish all the candles after the performance"
     
  3. A person who uses snuff
    "The old snuffer kept his tobacco in an ornate box";
    - snuff user

Type of: actor, consumer, doer, implement, pair of scissors, scissors, worker

Encyclopedia: Snuffer