OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31682

snifter

/ˈsnɪftə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
copa balón • copa de brandy • copa de coñac • coñaquera
A small, wide, pear-shaped glass used for drinking aromatic liquors such as bourbon and brandy.
[H]e springs to another wooden vat and turns a valve, filling a snifter with a warm amber liquid. […] Bang holds the liquid up to the light, swirls it around, takes a sniff of the…
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