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cigarette
CIDE DICTIONARY
cigarette, n. [F. cigarette.].
A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cigarette, n. (US also cigaret)
1 a thin cylinder of finely-cut tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
2 a similar cylinder containing a narcotic or medicated substance.
1 a thin cylinder of finely-cut tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
2 a similar cylinder containing a narcotic or medicated substance.
Idiom
cigarette card a small picture card of a kind formerly included in a packet of cigarettes. cigarette-end the unsmoked remainder of a cigarette.
Etymology
F, dimin. of cigare CIGAR
ROGET THESAURUS
cigarette
Pungency
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