cigar-store Indian

[ si-gahr-stawr, -stohr ]

/ sɪˈgɑrˌstɔr, -ˌstoʊr /

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noun

a wooden statue of an American Indian, traditionally displayed at the entrance of cigar stores.

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Origin of cigar-store Indian

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby cigar-store Indian

cigarette lighter, cigarette paper, cigar flower, cigarillo, cigar store, cigar-store Indian, Cigfa, ciggy, CIGS, ciguatera, ciguatoxin

How to use cigar-store Indian in a sentence

Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.
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Along the way, Brinsley turned into a drug store, but it is not clear whether he bought anything.
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They castigated the captain, a 48-year-old Indonesian, and his rookie copilot, a 24-year-old Indian.
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Alessandro turned a grateful look on Ramona as he translated this speech, so in unison with Indian modes of thought and feeling.
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The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
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The young men gathered round him and offered him a cigar, which he accepted and began to smoke.
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Had not this Indian plant been discovered, the whole history of some portions of America would have been far different.
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The Indian turned his head, and spoke to some one behind; one after another a score of figures rose.
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