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cigarette

or cig·a·ret

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

cigarette

/ ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt /

a short tightly rolled cylinder of tobacco, wrapped in thin paper and often having a filter tip, for smoking Shortened formscigciggy

1820–30; < French, equivalent to cigare cigar + -ette -ette

C19: from French, literally: a little cigar

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.

She retrieved a cigarette from her purse and lit it without moving her face away from the screen.

They say the currency devalues a few points just in the time it takes to smoke a cigarette.

Conservative hit man turned liberal media critic David Brock, spotted smoking an e-cigarette in the lobby.

“The truth is, we feel threatened,” her husband adds between drags on a cigarette.

One or two of the buffalo-hunters exchanged words with us while Mac was building his cigarette and lighting it.

She took a cigarette from the gayly tendered case and smoked for a few moments in silence.

She lit another cigarette, and for a few moments looked silently out of the window at the darkening woods beyond the lawn.

She led Isabel over to Mrs. Kaye, who sat alone on a small sofa, sipping her coffee and absently puffing at a cigarette.

Goodell lighted another cigarette and nonchalantly seated himself in the vacant chair.

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