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- noun Plural form of
candlesnuffer .
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Examples
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Then he propelled himself about the house some more, grimacing at the hurricane lamps and clunky tin candlesnuffers.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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Then he propelled himself about the house some more, grimacing at the hurricane lamps and clunky tin candlesnuffers.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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There is no more deception than in a tragedy acted by candlesnuffers.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757
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