snifter

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It is recommended to be served in a snifter, and for good reason.

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  1. noun A pear-shaped goblet with a narrow top, used especially in serving brandy.
  2. noun Slang A small portion of liquor.

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  • Somehow I'd have to find out more about their financial and contractual arrangements My brandy snifter was empty. —  Muller, Marcia - [McCone 08] Eye of the Storm UC FR.htm
  • There seemed to be some sort of logic-defying attraction to the guy who rode a motorcycle and had a tattoo, a gun in the glove compart-ment, or a snifter of cocaine on the coffee table. —  The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
  • An old remedy, known as the hair of the dog, implores hangover sufferers to have a snifter of what bit them the night before. —  GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines
  • In a recent tasting, the chocolate truffle cake with a snifter of Partida Elegante (usually $60 a shot) was itself worth the price of admission
  • Anyone can spell "fountain" backwards … but can you do it after a snifter of brandy? —  IGN Wii
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  1. From Middle English snifteren, to sniff, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.

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  1. from Middle English snyfteren, sniffle: a freq. form of snift: see snift.
  2. from snifter, v.
 

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/ˈsnɪftər/
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