Snifter (disambiguation)
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Snifter may refer to:
- SnifterSnifterA snifter — also called a balloon — is a type of stemware, a short-stemmed glass whose vessel has a wide bottom and a relatively narrow top. It is mostly used to serve aged brown spirits such as brandy and whisky...
, a short-stemmed glass whose main vessel has a wide bottom but that narrows at the top that is used for serving liquor. - Snifter - a colloquial British term for a small quantity of strong alcoholic spirits, such as whiskyWhiskyWhisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and corn...
. The snifter was the supposed favourite drink of Denis ThatcherDenis ThatcherMajor Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, MBE, TD was a British businessman, and the husband of the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. He was born in Lewisham, London, the elder child of a New Zealand-born British businessman, Thomas Herbert Thatcher, and his wife Kathleen, née Bird...
as lampooned in the Private EyePrivate EyePrivate Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...
series "Dear BillDear BillThe "Dear Bill" letters were a regular feature in the British satirical magazine Private Eye, purporting to be the private correspondence of Denis Thatcher, husband of the then-Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher...
". - Snifters - a sweetConfectioneryConfectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well...
in New Zealand, manufactured by Pascall (Cadbury NZ); they are a pale green, with a hard candy shell surrounding a thin layer of chocolate and a crunchy ball of peppermint (chocolate & peppermint nougat). The source of the name is unknown. It was discontinued in 2008. - Snifter - Another term for a strong wind.