The red cap acted like a snuffer on a candle, to put it out, and while under it, no goblin could be seen by mortal eyes.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis
"And if you win," rejoined Miss Nicky, shaking the snuffer-stand in which were deposited the sixpences, "you get all this."
"Marriage"
Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
Do out appears in the name of the little instrument something like a pair of snuffer which was formerly used to extinguish the candles and called a "Doute."
"Bacon is Shake-Speare"
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence