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snif⋅ter

  [snif-ter]
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–noun
1. Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
2. Informal. a very small drink of liquor.
Origin:
1840–50; deriv. of snifter to sniff, snivel, ME snyfter; imit.
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snif·ter   (snĭf'tər)   
n.  

  1. A pear-shaped goblet with a narrow top, used especially in serving brandy.

  2. Slang A small portion of liquor.


[From Middle English snifteren, to sniff, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

snifter 
1844, "a drink of liquor," earlier "a sniff," from an obs. verb meaning "to sniff, snivel" (c.1340), of imitative origin. Meaning "large bulbous stemmed glass for drinking brandy" is from 1937. The association of "drinking liquor" with words for "inhaling, snuffling" (e.g. snort) is perhaps borrowed from snuff-taking and the nasal reaction to it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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