The Meaning of the Term "Put Outer"

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No: HPFGUIDX 36980

Pippin wrote:
 
> I thought it was a clever name for one of those ww devices that 
> does the reverse of what its muggleworld counterpart does. 
> There's the Put-Outer, which looks and is operated like a Lighter 
> but does the opposite, and  Hermione's Revealer in CoS which 
> looks like and operates like an eraser. 

I agree, but Put-Outer seems rather clumsy to my ears whereas 
Revealer sounds cleverly opposite to Eraser.  De gustibus and all 
that.

Amy Z