Muffineer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small jar or caster with a perforated top for sprinkling salt or sugar on muffins.

    "He was sitting at his table by the light of a solitary candle, with a pen in one hand, and a muffineer in the other, with which he occasionally sprinkled salt on the wick, to make it burn blue."

  2. 2
    A dish for keeping muffins hot. obsolete

Example

More examples

"He was sitting at his table by the light of a solitary candle, with a pen in one hand, and a muffineer in the other, with which he occasionally sprinkled salt on the wick, to make it burn blue."

Etymology

From muffin + -eer.

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