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

Example Sentences

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

In “Trumbo,” an ill-conceived take on one of the most famous targets of the Hollywood blacklist, the writer Dalton Trumbo clenches a cigarette holder that juts in the air like a sword.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2015

He knew he cut a fine figure there on the platform with his open shirt collar, his cigarette holder, and his close-cropped, gray-tipped curly black hair.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller