cigarette girl

noun

a woman who sells cigars and cigarettes, usually from a tray displaying various brands, to customers in a restaurant or nightclub.

Origin of cigarette girl

First recorded in 1865–70

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The cigarette girl, pinkly pretty with an exaggerated figure, carrying a wooden tray with her wares, stopped at his gesture.
The Happy End | Joseph Hergesheimer
I have now a new cigarette-girl, and she rolled them for me herself, and brought them to me just as I was leaving St. Petersburg.
The Underdog | F. Hopkinson Smith
Despite the terrific interest of the adventure of the cigarette girl, disappointment began immediately after landing.
The Lion's Share | E. Arnold Bennett
Great was our amazement on that memorable night in 1894 when we beheld for the first time a real cigarette girl of modern Spain.
Stars of the Opera | Mabel Wagnalls

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