cigarette beetle

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noun

a small cylindrical beetle, Lasioderma serricorne, that is a pest, especially of dried tobacco.

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Also called tobacco beetle, tow bug.

Origin of cigarette beetle

First recorded in 1890–95

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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She retrieved a cigarette from her purse and lit it without moving her face away from the screen.
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They say the currency devalues a few points just in the time it takes to smoke a cigarette.
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In 2007, FWS reported that the beetle outbreak had affected only 16 percent of the whitebark pines.
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One or two of the buffalo-hunters exchanged words with us while Mac was building his cigarette and lighting it.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
She took a cigarette from the gayly tendered case and smoked for a few moments in silence.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
She lit another cigarette, and for a few moments looked silently out of the window at the darkening woods beyond the lawn.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
She led Isabel over to Mrs. Kaye, who sat alone on a small sofa, sipping her coffee and absently puffing at a cigarette.
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Goodell lighted another cigarette and nonchalantly seated himself in the vacant chair.
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