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candlesnuffer

n. (alternative form of candle snuffer English)

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candlesnuffer

n. an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle

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.