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Definition of snifter
1 : a small drink of distilled liquor
2 : a short-stemmed goblet with a bowl narrowing toward the top
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Tulip glasses, snifters, and even wine glasses are a step up, nominal signs that a bar cares about, or at least has considered, an elevated beer experience. Don’t worry about feeling effete drinking beer from one of these glasses.
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Please, don’t haul out the brandy snifters, just use ordinary wine glasses.
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But sitting in an old boiler, upholstered with creaking antique leather, sipping smoke from a snifter of brandy?
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Origin and Etymology of snifter
English dialect, sniff, snort, from Middle English, to sniff, snort
SNIFTER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of snifter for English Language Learners
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: a glass with a narrow rim, a wide bowl, and a short stem that is used especially for drinking brandy
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