panatela

(pan′ə tel′ə)

noun

a cigar having a long, slender shape, usually about 5 inches in length and rounded at the mouth end

Origin: AmSp panatela, orig., a long, narrow biscuit < It, dim. of pane, bread: see panettone

See panatela in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A long slender cigar.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish, biscuit, cigar

Origin: , from American Spanish, long thin biscuit

Origin: , from Italian panatella

Origin: , diminutive of panata, panada

Origin: , from pane, bread

Origin: , from Latin pānis; see pā- in Indo-European roots

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