segar
1 Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I hope Collins will be consoled, and light his segar with the reprimand.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
Lawrence Treadwell, the attorney, sat in his office negligently smoking a segar and staring down through the open window upon the busy thoroughfare beneath.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie
On suddenly encountering a row of young men, arm in arm, with each a segar in his mouth, she came to a full stop, and actually shook with terror.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
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
He was plainly on pins and needles, did not know whether to take or to refuse the segar, and, after he had taken it, did not know whether to light or to return it.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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