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candlesnuffer

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can⋅dle⋅snuff⋅er

[kan-dl-snuhf-er]
–noun
Usually, candlesnuffers. a scissorlike instrument for removing the snuff of candles, tapers, etc., usually with a small box for catching the trimmed wick. Also called snuffer. Compare extinguisher (def. 3).

Origin:
1545–55; candle + snuffer 2
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n.  An implement with a bell-shaped cup and often a long slender handle, used to extinguish the flame of a candle.
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