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