cigarillo
(sɪgəˈrɪləʊ, ‖ θigaˈriʎo)
[Sp., dim. of cigarro cigar.]
A small cigar.
| 1832 ‘G. Crayon’ Alhambra I. 224 Your muleteer..will suspend the smoking of his cigarillo to tell some tale of Moslem gold buried. 1896 Act 59 & 60 Vict. c. 28 §5 (3) The expression ‘tobacco’ in this section includes cigars, cigarillos, cigarettes, and snuff. 1909 Daily Chron. Summer No. 2/2 His accursed cigarillo, carelessly flung down, had reduced the seat of learning to ashes. 1962 Economist 29 Sept. 1229/3 Cigarillos—Wills Whiffs and the like—have made some significant progress. |