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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1631-1694
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Snuffer, n. [e.m.E. snoffer (1465), snuffer (1538).] Only pl., chiefly as (ane) pair (of) snuffer(e)s, a scissor-like instrument for snuffing candles.1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 26 Sept.
Ane pare of snuffers 1649 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III 536.
Ane pair snuffers 1671 Edinburgh Testaments LXXIV 144.
Snufferes 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII 363.
3 pair old brass snuffers. A pair of new iron snuffers 1694 Inchmahome Pr. 161.
Of brass snuffers, and panns conforme
