segar
noun
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segar
1 American
[si-gahr]
/ sɪˈgɑr /
Or
seegar
noun
Segar
2
American
[see-gahr]
/ ˈsi gɑr /
noun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Spencer came out to the front of the Inns, smoking a segar, very perjink with a brocade waistcoat and a collar so high it rasped his ears.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
The delineations of it upon the Manilla segar boxes, though rude, are tolerably good illustrations, and will convey some idea of the appearance of the building externally.
From Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by Macaulay, W. Hastings
Alice, who never loses sight of her duty to avert a possible mischance from any human being, rather verdantly suggested, 'that the segar might make her sick.'
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
“Tut, tut!” was his comment, as I searched for tinder box and sulphur match to relight my segar.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The spelling of "segar" shows that cigars were then somewhat of a novelty.
From The Social History of Smoking by Apperson, George Latimer
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