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cigar definition

ci·gar (si gär′)

noun

a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco for smoking, consisting of cut tobacco wrapped in a tobacco leaf

Etymology: Sp cigarro, prob. < Maya sicar, to smoke rolled tobacco leaves < sīć, tobacco

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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