a shaker for sprinkling sugar or spices on muffins
muffineer in American English
(ˌmʌfəˈnɪr)
noun
a shaker for sprinkling sugar, spices, etc.
muffineer in American English
(ˌmʌfəˈnɪər)
noun
a caster for sprinkling sugar or other condiments on food
Word origin
[1800–10; muffin + -eer]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Caucasian, chlorine, gong, isolate, pueblo-eer is a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French (buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle,or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word (auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer); now frequently pejorative (profiteer; racketeer)