cigar

noun

ci·​gar si-ˈgär How to pronounce cigar (audio)
: a small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking

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The proposal would apply to traditional cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, most cigars and pipe tobacco, FDA said. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025 Other offerings in the gift bag were a selection of cigars and alcohol including rare vintage Liber Pater wines worth $34,800, as well as more excursions including a $272,000 wine-tasting and dinner trip to Bordeaux, France, and a $5,500 trip to the Komos Foundation in Tequila, Mexico. Escher Walcott, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 They’d also be challenged in court with the relatively fresh accusations that 20 years ago, the state’s witnesses were brought together almost daily to coordinate testimony against Smith, and were given food and cigars. Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 The funky and fruity fresh cane is bright and flavorful with some dusty but tasty oak influence, a contemplative sipper to pair with a medium-bodied spicy cigar. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cigar 

Word History

Etymology

Spanish cigarro

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cigar was in 1730

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“Cigar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cigar. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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cigar

noun
ci·​gar sig-ˈär How to pronounce cigar (audio)
: a roll of tobacco leaf for smoking

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