cheroot

American  

[shuh-root] / ʃəˈrut /

Or sheroot

noun

1. a cigar having open, untapered ends.

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cheroot British  

/ ʃəˈruːt /

noun

1. a cigar with both ends cut off squarely

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Etymology

Origin of cheroot

First recorded in 1660–70, cheroot is from the Tamil word curuṭṭu roll (of tobacco)

Example Sentences

Officials say the tax currently includes cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, stogies, perique, snuff or snuff flour, smoking or chewing tobacco.

From Seattle Times

Then Victoria called over a respectable gentleman, greying at the temples, who was smoking a black cheroot and who grinned as if he had the toothache.

From Literature

Twante remains a place where many men in sarongs and bamboo pith helmets smoke cheroots and women balance baskets of vegetables on their heads.

From New York Times

Almereyda exclaims when the filmmaker materializes, an unlit cheroot in his mouth.

From New York Times

You warm to him as he warms to the boy, but he plays the part too much like a spaghetti western cliché baddie, cheroot and all.

From BBC