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cigar
[ si-gahr ]
noun
- a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
cigar
/ ɪˈɡɑː /
noun
- a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco leaves, for smoking
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·l adjective
- ·l adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cigar1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cigar1
Idioms and Phrases
- no cigar, Informal. not being a winning or successful effort, as if not good enough to earn a cigar as a prize:
He made a good try at fielding the ball, but no cigar.
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Example Sentences
The researchers had speared three of them to attach electronic tracking devices about the size and shape of a cigar.
The glassy stare, the eyebrows tilted up like thirsty caterpillars, his purr as he lights a cigar.
The Eagles’ locker room was like a rollicking nightclub, with players, coaches and even some wives smoking cigars and dancing to the thumping music.
The advert for Endrick Clothing, owned by Ramadan and based in Waltham Abbey, in Essex, shows the groom and groomsmen smoking cigars.
Items included the American singer and actor's silver ring, a part-smoked cigar, his father's wristwatch, and an elaborate, white jumpsuit, which sold for £400.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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