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cigar

[ si-gahr ]
/ sɪˈgɑr /
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noun
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.

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Idioms about cigar

    no cigar, Informal. not being a winning or successful effort, as if not good enough to earn a cigar as a prize: He made a good try at fielding the ball, but no cigar.

Origin of cigar

First recorded in 1625–35, cigar is from the Spanish word cigarro

OTHER WORDS FROM cigar

ci·gar·less, adjectiveci·gar·like, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for cigar

cigar
/ (sɪˈɡɑː) /

noun
a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco leaves, for smoking

Word Origin for cigar

C18: from Spanish cigarro, perhaps from Mayan sicar to smoke
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