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snuffers

snuffers

9.9
A small tool like scissors that you use to cut and hold the burnt end of a candlewick
  • noun
  • /ˈsnʌfərz/
  • Archaic
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  • The butler used the snuffers to trim the candlewick during dinner.

Examples

  • She inherited a silver pair of snuffers from her grandmother.

  • Antique snuffers are now collectors' items found in museums.

  • I bought a beautiful pair of snuffers for my candles.

  • Can you pass me the snuffers?

  • The butler used the snuffers to trim the candlewick during dinner.

  • She inherited a silver pair of snuffers from her grandmother.

  • Antique snuffers are now collectors' items found in museums.

Synonyms

snipper
vssnuffers
  • UK
1 4.3

A person or tool that cuts threads and trims small plants

is specialized to hold the burnt wick end during candle cleaning

Surface Forms

snuffer singular
snuffers plural

Morphology

snuffers = snuffer (transparent) = snuff + er + s

Formed from the verb 'snuff' + agent/instrument suffix '-er' to make 'snuffer', then pluralized; the derivation and meaning are direct and predictable.

Etymology

The word snuffers comes from the old verb snuff, which meant 'to put out' or 'to extinguish', as in the phrase snuff out. Think of cutting or pinching the burnt tip of a candle to stop the flame; that is exactly what a snuffers does.