Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Thin paper, commonly rice-paper, used for the wrappers of the fine-cut tobacco which forms the filling of cigarettes.
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Examples
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A countryman joined us for a short distance, to whom Omar gave a cigarette-paper and a pinch of tobacco.
In the Tail of the Peacock Isabel Savory
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The cigarette-paper note had aroused his curiosity to a fever heat.
Kid Wolf of Texas 1938
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It was Durham -- the man who had given Kid Wolf the cigarette-paper note.
Kid Wolf of Texas 1938
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All of these had the opportunity to slip the cigarette-paper possibly containing cyanide into the cup.
Death in Ecstasy Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1936
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Miss Marley, who invariably rolled her own cigarettes, took up a small silver box, flattened the cigarette-paper out carefully, and prepared to fill it before answering.
The Dark Tower Phyllis Bottome 1923
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With steady fingers Dave shook some tobacco into a cigarette-paper.
Heart of the Sunset Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Stratton shook some tobacco into a cigarette-paper and jerked the draw-string with his teeth.
Shoe-Bar Stratton Joseph Bushnell Ames 1903
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When I reached the hall, he was wrapping up three small objects, each in a separate cigarette-paper; and I noticed that he handled them with more than ordinary tenderness.
John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman 1902
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And while he knows the danger of delay, he consented as readily as any of us would if asked for a cigarette-paper.
The Outlet Andy Adams 1897
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When a cigarette-paper was placed in his hand he sought his tobacco box, and adroitly rolled a cigarette and lighted it.
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