By this time Mr Pinch had returned with the snuffers. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
Vienna by using his hostess's snuffers as a toothpick!. From Wordnik.com. [Story-Lives of Great Musicians] Reference
It was Thomson, I believe, who used to cut the leaves with his snuffers. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. From Wordnik.com. [Exodus 37.] Reference
What often makes tobacco-chewers, snuffers, and smokers disagreeable to clean people?. From Wordnik.com. [Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City] Reference
The snuffers also, and where the snuffings shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
How many of the American politicians and generals have been chewers as well as snuffers and smokers?. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
And there's the snuffers and the old wood-yard rake that my grandfather made himself way back in New. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
Many fragments of brass and iron candlesticks, as well as a few candle snuffers, have also been recovered. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
Hand painted pictures and candle snuffers were among a haul of antiques stolen from a Northamptonshire house. From Wordnik.com. [Antique Chess Table and Set Stolen] Reference
He then took a pair of scissors which, like our snuffers, had a little box at the end to hold what was cut off. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary] Reference
Nothing can be more contemptible than the hard-ware made in this place, such as knives, scissors, and candle-snuffers. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
He made also the seven lamps with their snuffers, and the vessels where the snuffings were to be put out, of the purest gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
And so perhaps it was; we never knew for certain, for the difficulty of applying the snuffers remained insuperable to the end. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
It would be difficult to find, however, such gold snuffboxes as were once handed round among monarchs and among wealthy snuffers. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. From Wordnik.com. [2 Kings 25.] Reference
All were held in candlesticks, made of wire, brass, pewter, copper, or iron, the more elegant, of silver, with snuffers of the same metals. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
There were oysters at the top, sausages at the bottom, a pair of snuffers in the centre, and baked potatoes wherever it was most convenient to put them. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference
Mr. Weevle moodily pushes the snuffers – tray from him with his elbow, leans his head on his hand, puts his feet on the fender, and looks at the fire. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
The price charged for gas was at first 12s. 6d. per 1,000 feet, and consequently it was an uphill work to supersede the tallow candle and snuffers of our grandfathers!. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King] Reference
He took up the snuffers now, and trimmed the wick. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices] Reference
"It is a magnificent present, has he given you the snuffers likewise?". From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
His hand trembled a little, and the snuffers were heavy and awkward to use. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices] Reference
snuffers were always seen, with which to trim the candles, and snuffers trays. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
The ornaments were two brass candlesticks and a snuffers tray on the high mantel. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old Boston] Reference
We may be sure every family had its candles, "betty-lamps," candlesticks, and "snuffers.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete] Reference
"Does yer snuff it out wid snuffers, baby, ur des fling it on de flo 'an' tromp yer foots on it?". From Wordnik.com. [Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales] Reference
Yea, Travis is right ... dont snuff the snuffers, they make great fries while the old fudd ruckers. From Wordnik.com. [PegasusNews.com stories] Reference
Beethoven picked his teeth with the snuffers, and seems to have picked them sufficiently to his satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [Luck or Cunning?] Reference
Neat snuffers, consisting of the thumb and forefinger polished on the hair, are to be found in each occupied room. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)] Reference
This afternoon Mr. Harris, the sayle-maker, sent me a noble present of two large silver candlesticks and snuffers, and. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 34: March/April 1664-65] Reference
Lord Camelford having finished his paragraph, called out in a mimic tone to that of Mr. -----, "Waiter! bring me a pair of snuffers.". From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
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