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cigarette

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[ sig-uh-ret, sig-uh-ret ]

noun

  1. a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.


cigarette

/ ˌɪɡəˈɛ /

noun

  1. a short tightly rolled cylinder of tobacco, wrapped in thin paper and often having a filter tip, for smoking Shortened formscigciggy
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • t·a·ٳٱ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cigarette1

1820–30; < French, equivalent to cigare cigar + -ette -ette
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cigarette1

C19: from French, literally: a little cigar
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Smoking a string of cigarettes or blankly watching whatever’s on television, her face a canvas of exhaustion and depression, Janice is struggling to pick up the pieces.

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Another director was fired, the production stopped and started countless times, lines were thrown out and Kilmer allegedly burned a camera operator’s face with his cigarette.

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To have lived their whole lives unaccustomed to the smell of cigarettes lingering on clothes after a night out.

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At the very least, Democrats and Republicans agree that wafting cigarette smoke in someone’s face and capturing their reaction on video — without first asking — is untoward.

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Investigators reportedly spoke to the suspect's daughter who is said to have told them the fire began as her father tried to burn tree branches hanging over the graves with a cigarette lighter.

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