cigar

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  1. noun A compact roll of tobacco leaves prepared for smoking.

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  • Sometimes a baby smoking a cigar is just a baby smoking a cigar, as Freud would say. —  GigaOM Network
  • According to Cigars for Service leader Chuck Ley, a cigar is a sign of —  The Jawa Report
  • A large picture of a bow-tied man smoking a cigar is accompanied by the slogan: —  Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG
  • What you really need to enjoy smoking a cigar is a good mood, cozy atmosphere and a lovely company. —  Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator
  • I am hard pressed to believe a 230 pound fat guy playing golf while eating a hot dog, drinking beer and smoking a cigar is actively engaged in a sport. —  Veggiemacabre
 

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  1. Spanish cigarro, possibly from Maya sik'ar, from sik, tobacco.

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  1. = Dutch sigaar = German cigarre = Danish Swedish cigar, from French cigare, from Spanish cigarro = Portuguese Italian cigarro, a cigar, orig. a kind of tobacco grown in Cuba.
 

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/sɪˈgɑr/
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