cigarette end

British  

noun

1. the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished

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Example Sentences

DNA found on her dress, inside the knot of the dressing gown belt, a cigarette end, and on a black bra all matched McGill, forensic scientist Joanne Cochrane told jurors.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2021

People who littered or let their animal foul the pavement, who relieved themselves on the street, or who threw a cigarette end to the ground would be made to see the error of their ways.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2016

"For company I remember funnel-web spiders, bull ants, leeches that could only be removed with a cigarette end, snakes of every description and kangaroos that overtook us on cross-country runs through the bush."

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2012

Nicholson let one leg drop over the side of the deck chair, leaned forward, and stepped on his cigarette end.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

She stops winding, leaving me with my hands still garlanded with animal hair, and takes the cigarette end from her mouth to butt it out.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood