muffineer

[ muhf-uh-neer ]

noun

1. a caster for sprinkling sugar or other condiments on food.

Word History and Origins

Origin of muffineer¹

First recorded in 1800–10; muffin + -eer

Example Sentences

Muff′in-cap, a round flat cap for men; Muffineer′, a dish for keeping muffins hot: a metal cruet for sprinkling salt or sugar on muffins.

From Project Gutenberg

In India, as a rule, each individual has both a salt and pepper muffineer before his plate.

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This afternoon a parcel was brought by a brother from London, containing a silver cream jug, a pair of gilt earrings, a gold ring, 2 bracelets, and a muffineer.

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The lower floor was stripped of silver—not even an individual almond dish or a muffineer remained.

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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.

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