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

When the trailer panned to Notaro in a “Top Gun”-esque flight suit and aviators, a cigarillo clenched between her teeth, her fans campaigned for her to replace all the abhorrent men in movies.

From New York Times ● May 25, 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

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 spending agreement requires FDA review of “e-cigarettes, little cigars, cigarillos, hookah” and all cigar products.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2017

Within days of Brown’s death, Ferguson police released surveillance video from Ferguson Market purporting to show Brown stealing cigarillos from the store shortly before noon.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2017

Minutes earlier, Little Vic and an acquaintance named Isaiah Lewis were buying cigarillos at a nearby Texaco gas station when a fight broke out in the parking lot.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2017

He pushed forward a silver box holding the long cigarillos of the border country.

From Rebel Spurs by Andre Norton