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plural snifters
A small pear-shaped glass used for aromatic liquors such as bourbon and brandy. quotations examples
[H]e springs to another wooden vat and turns a valve, filling a snifter with a warm amber liquid. […] Bang holds the liquid up to the light, swirls it around, takes a sniff of the pungent bouquet, puts the glass to his lips—and gives a satisfied smile.
2003 January 20, “Getting Saucy”, in Time
(particularly) equivalent to what a snifter might hold. quotations examples
"I guess you're a regular all right. Here, have a snifter?" and he pulled a flask from his side pocket, holding it toward The Oskaloosa Kid.
1917, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 1, in The Oakdale Affair
(chiefly in the plural, with definite article) Synonym of sniffles, various minor ailments involving a runny nose. quotations examples
The only disease I can remember to have seen in winter is what is vulgarly called the snifters, that is, a discharge of matter from the nose, which causes a noise in the nose like stifled breathing.
1844, Henry Stephens, The Book of the Farm, volume 2, page 260
(US) A severe storm. examples
third-person singular simple present snifters, present participle sniftering, simple past and past participle sniftered
To sniff. examples