Muffineer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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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