cigarillo

American  

[sig-uh-ril-oh] / ˌsɪg əˈrɪl oʊ /

noun

• cigarillos
  plural

1. a small, thin cigar.

2. a cigarette with a wrapping of tobacco instead of paper.

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cigarillo British  

/ ˌsɪɡəˈrɪləʊ /

noun

1. a small cigar often only slightly larger than a cigarette

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cigarillos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cigarillo

1825–35; < Spanish, diminutive of cigarro cigar

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Example Sentences

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cigarillo cigarillos

Testing indicated DNA collected from an empty cigarillo package found in Johnson’s apartment was connected to Reed, Baker’s office said.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2022

Though she survived decades of hard partying, Eve was felled by an accident in 1997 when the ash from a cigarillo torched her polyester skirt while she was driving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021

I could almost smell the cigarillo he’s smoking and the man sweat I mostly knew about from clandestine reads of The Clan of the Cave Bear.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2018

The ultimate steely-eyed badass, Eastwood didn’t need dialogue to make a big impact, preferring the power of a six shooter and a cigarillo instead.

From Golf Digest ● Jun. 22, 2017

She could smell Mrs. Coulter’s scent again, and the roses, and the cigarillo smoke, and the scent of other women.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Instead, black youth are more likely to use menthol flavored cigarillos, which can be purchased in packs of three for 99 cents in low-income African American neighborhoods.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 2, 2020

The grainy unedited footage, which has no sound and also was released by Kanzler, shows a clerk pulling both boxes of cigarillos from the bag after Brown leaves and putting them back on a shelf.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2017

Wilson surmised that Brown and Johnson were the robbery suspects, based on the descriptions offered on the radio and the cigarillos in Brown’s hands.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 10, 2015

After leaving the store with the cigarillos, the two walked north on West Florissant, a busy commercial thoroughfare, toward Canfield Drive, a clerk reported to the police.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2014

However, they had capital music by the German Confederation, led by Peter the Greek—dancing until midnight—the old ladies were allowed to puff cigarillos on the quarter-deck, and all went away apparently highly delighted.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise