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snifter
noun
[ ˈsnɪftə ]
• a small quantity of an alcoholic drink.
• "care to join me for a snifter?"
• a balloon glass for brandy.
• "he drained the bottle into a snifter"
Origin:
mid 19th century: imitative; compare with dialect snift ‘to snort’.