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"Snuffers" Quotes from Famous Books

... importance; nor were there wanting (as there never are) sagacious doubters of the captain's calculations, who, so soon as his back was turned, would, in the absence of compasses, measure the chart with bits of string, and ends of pocket- handkerchiefs, and points of snuffers, and clearly prove him to be wrong by an odd thousand miles or so. It was very edifying to see these unbelievers shake their heads and frown, and hear them hold forth strongly upon navigation: not that they knew anything about it, but that they always mistrusted ...

— American Notes for General Circulation • Charles Dickens

... jiggered! Street slang isn't Science, dear pal, And it don't need no "glossery" tips to hinterpret my chat to my gal. I take wot comes 'andy permiskus, wotever runs sliok and fits in, And when smugs makes me out a "philolergist,"—snuffers! ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., September 20, 1890 • Various

... to me, his Derby hat in his hand, looking curiously about the walls. I saw his glance held for a moment by the old English clock with its swinging pendulum and weights. It passed on to the chimney-piece loaded with antique silver, bizarre brasses, candle-snuffers and snuff-boxes. It moved over to the bust of Bill that Von Roon had given her when she was married, a miracle of cunningly-arranged shadows. It fell away from water colour and etching without hint of ulterior interest, and came to rest upon the book-shelves. There was more ...

— Aliens • William McFee

Words linked to "Snuffers" : plural, plural form, scissors, pair of scissors