cigarette holder

American  

noun

1. a mouthpiece of plastic, ivory, etc., for holding a cigarette while it is being smoked.

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cigarette holder British  

noun

1. a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigarette while it is smoked

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Etymology

Origin of cigarette holder

First recorded in 1920–25

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Example Sentences

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cigarette holder

Alexander then showed me a cigarette holder and a tobacco box he had decorated by taping portraits of President Putin to them.

From BBC ● May 13, 2023

In the 1997 film "Titanic," her Rose character smokes using a slender cigarette holder while in the elegant dress and surrounds of the luxury cruise liner.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2021

It was a new house in a semirural setting, and Tojo wore white shorts held up with suspenders and smoked cigarettes with a glass cigarette holder.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2020

Remember that – this is a big note – the cigarette holder was as much a weapon for expression as it was for smoking.”

From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2019

“Go back to the party, dear,” Tsukiko says, tucking the silver cigarette holder in her pocket.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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