cigar store

American  

noun

1. a retail store specializing in tobacco products, as cigars and cigarettes.

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Etymology

Origin of cigar store

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Earlier, Bethlehem Township police said Zaborowski entered the cigar store shortly before 11:30 a.m.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2020

On a single day in December 2015, Gary Jones, who resigned last month as president of the United Auto Workers, spent more than $13,000 of the union’s money at a cigar store in Arizona.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2019

Back in Tampa, a few blocks from where he lived, a street hustler had conducted rounds of Find the Lady outside a cigar store.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019

It was a cigar store, and Frank Hess arranged for the owners to lease the triangle.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2019

“Well, I’ll tell you like it happened. I can’t make nothing out of it. I’m in Kellogg’s cigar store and a fella come up to me. ‘

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck