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Used to extinguish the flame of a candle
Answer for the clue "Used to extinguish the flame of a candle ", 13 letters:
candlesnuffer
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of candle snuffer English)
Usage examples of candlesnuffer.
The candlesnuffer, who perhaps may have been a bad wit, crossed the stage just after wards, and likewise bowed to the goddess.
Through the interstices of a protective net I saw the reflector-shaded, wire-caged gaslights which from aloft shed down their brilliance solely on to the court proper, a stylised version of a barnyard of some ancient abbey in the Avignon of Pope Joan, or Cahors of the turreted bridge, or grey-walled Carcassonne of the many candlesnuffer towers.