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cigarette
The definition of a cigarette is tobacco or drugs wrapped in paper that can be smoked.
(noun)Newports or Marlboro Lights are each an example of a cigarette brand.
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See cigarette in Webster's New World College Dictionary
or cigaret
noun
a small roll of finely cut tobacco wrapped in thin paper for smoking and usually having a filter tip
Origin: Fr dim. of cigare, cigar < Sp cigarro: see cigar
See cigarette in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also cig·a·ret
noun- A small roll of finely cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in a wrapper of thin paper.
- A similar roll of another substance, such as a tobacco substitute or marijuana.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , diminutive of cigare, cigar
Origin: , from Spanish cigarro; see cigar
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