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muffineers

muffineers is the plural of muffineer.

Meaning of muffineer

Noun

muffineer (plural muffineers)

  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.1818, Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, section VIII
  2. (obsolete) A dish for keeping muffins hot.

Questions about muffineers

What is muffineers the plural of?
Muffineers is the plural of muffineer.

Words near muffineers in the dictionary

  1. muffin-less
  2. muffin-like
  3. muffin-warm
  4. muffined
  5. muffineer
  6. muffineers
  7. muffineries
  8. muffinery
  9. muffing
  10. muffing up
  11. muffings

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