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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Spanish
Origin: cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar 'smoking'

cigar

 noun
     
Related topics: Tobacco
ci‧gar [countable]
DFT a thick tube-shaped thing that people smoke, and which is made from tobacco leaves that have been rolled up [↪ cigarette]
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