Synonyms for cigarette
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sig-uh-ret, sig-uh-ret |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt |
Définition of cigarette
Origin :- 1835, American English, from French cigarette (by 1824), diminutive of cigare "cigar" (18c.), from Spanish cigarro (see cigar). Spanish form cigarito, cigarita also was popular in English mid-19c. Cigarette heart "heart disease caused by smoking" is attested from 1884. Cigarette lighter attested from 1884.
- noun small roll of tobacco
- She did not glance at him, but held her cigarette in silence and refused to light it.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- He broke away from her with a gay laugh, and lit a cigarette.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Max, cigarette in hand, was coming across, under the ailanthus tree.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- But he smoked incessantly, lighting one cigarette from another.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Chip took the cigarette from his lips and emptied his lungs of smoke.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Chip made him a cigarette, but he hadn't heart enough to light it.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- "Gimme a cigarette 'nd I'll tell you," bargains Tracey shrewdly.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- His cigarette burned down to his fingers as he sat pondering.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Light your cigarette, man; you can give me one if you like, to keep you in countenance.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Vard, who had taken out a cigarette, held the tip tranquilly to his fuse.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
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