OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5216

cigar

/sɪˈɡɑɹ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
breva • calilla • chicote • cigarro • habano • puro • sharuto (Americanism) • tagarnina • trompetilla • túbano (Americanism) • veguero
A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and sum…
Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all…
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