cigarillo









cigarillo


cigarillo [sig-uh-ril-oh] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural cig·a·ril·los.

  1. a small, thin cigar.
  2. a cigarette with a wrapping of tobacco instead of paper.

Origin of cigarillo 1825–35; Spanish, diminutive of cigarro cigar Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for cigarillo Historical Examples of cigarillo

  • Food is always of secondary importance: he ranks it after his novia, after his cigarillo, after the bulls.

    Spanish Life in Town and Country

    L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street

  • In the Cigarillo manufactory about 2000 workmen find employment.

    Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II

    Karl Ritter von Scherzer

  • The men often sit with their hats on, and between the courses smoke a cigarette, or cigarillo in Spanish.

    Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal

    Oliver Optic

  • So without speech he blew the end off his cigarillo and handed it courteously to the Carlist soldier.

    The Firebrand

    S. R. Crockett

  • The cigarillo is smoked slowly, the last whiff being the bonne bouche, the breast, la pechuga.

    Gatherings From Spain

    Richard Ford

  • British Dictionary definitions for cigarillo cigarillo noun plural -los

    1. a small cigar often only slightly larger than a cigarette

    Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for cigarillo n.

    1829, from Spanish cigarillo, diminutive of cigarro (see cigar).

    Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

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