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Definition: Cigar |
CigarNoun1. A roll of tobacco for smoking. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cigar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of cured tobacco leaves which is lit for the purpose of inhaling (or merely drawing into the mouth rather than into the lungs) its smoke (see tobacco smoking). The word "cigar" is from the Spanish word cigarro, which is possibly derived from the Maya language word sik meaning tobacco.Usually chopped up tobacco leaves are used for the filling of the cigar, and large leaves used for the wrapper which binds the cigar together. Some cigars use different varieties of tobacco for the filler and the wrapper. "Long filler cigars" are a less common variety of hand-rolled cigar, using long leaves throughout not chopped up. Some cigars use a third variety of tobacco leaf, a "binder", as a layer inbetween the filler and the outer wrapper.
Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in such nations as Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, and the United States of America.
Cigars manufactured in Cuba are considered by many cigar smokers to be the 'best'. While Cuban tobacco seed has been planted in other countries and has produced high quality cigars, differences in soil and other factors effect the flavor. Some United States smokers object to continuing trade sanctions imposed by the government of the USA against Cuban goods.
History of the cigar
The cigar was smoked throughout the islands of the Caribbean Sea and in Mesoamerica for centuries before the Europeans discovered the Americas in the late 15th century.In the 19th century cigar smoking was common while cigarettes were still comparatively rare. The cigar business was an important industry, factories employed many people before mechanized manufacturing of cigars became practical.
High quality cigars are still made by hand.
Cigar manufacturing
Cigars and Health
Cigar smokers typically inhale the smoke into their mouths but not deep into their lungs in the manner of cigarette smokers. Cigar smokers consequently have lower incidence of lung cancer and emphysema than cigarette smokers. Some people have mistakenly assumed that cigars therefore pose no health risk, but cigar smokers are statistically more likely to develop cancer of the mouth, tongue, and larynx than non smokers.
Types of Cigars
The wrapper of cigars are broadly catagorized by their color.
Cigars are commonly categorized by the size and shape of the cigar. Some varieties include:
- Claro - light colored
- Colorado - medium redish
- Maduro - very dark
- Oscuro - black
Other types of cigars:
- Corona
- Churchill
- Double-Corona
- Panatela
- Presidente
- Pyramide
- Torpedo
- stogie or stogy - a cheap type of cigar
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cigar."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CIGAR | English | Cooperate Investigation of the Carribean and Adjacent Regions | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mart | Tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer. |
Pungency | Nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar; cigar, cigarette; weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's about the size of a cigar burn, wouldn't you say (The Breakfast Club ; writing credit: John Hughes) You don't mind the smell of my cigar, I hope (Vanity Fair; writing credit: Andrew Davies; William Makepeace Thackeray) Here, have a cigar. (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby) I offer him cigar, rum. He will come (Major League; writing credit: David S. Ward) But she's going to have a beautiful funeral, in a cigar box my Papa gave me, all wrapped up in silver paper (Meet Me in St. Louis; writing credit: Sally Benson; Irving Brecher) | |
Lyrics | A star lit up like a cigar (Elevation; performing artist: U2) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Clue of the Cigar Band (1915) His First Cigar (1912) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This is a cartoon from Harper's Weekly circa 1890. It shows an office worker, whose smoking cigar is drooping from his mouth, reading a sign on the wall: "No Smoking In Offices During Office Hours". The caption reads: "another civic-service outrage. Less smoke and more fire". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Cornelius D. Meaney and the "Belle of Samar" in cigar smoking contest Looks like she's the winner. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Ship's racing boat crew celebrates with cigars after a victory, circa 1913. Note the coiled line and decorated broom and mop handles. Seaman Hubert C. Rickert is seated in center holding the mop, just to the right of the cigar box. Credit: NAVY. |  | Man with cigar ice skating] / A.B.F. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Smoking a cigar, an angry President McKinley fights with Spain about the scarcity of Havana cigars due to the Spanish-American War. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A cigar, Spain, and a mug of beer, United States, discussing tax increases on beer and cigars to create war revenue] / Bart. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Al Capone, with a cigar and a big smile, leaving Federal building in Miami, Fla., preceded by his attorney Abe Teitelbaum. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fisherman with cigar on rocks above Green River, Washington] / Curtis & Miller. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | John La Farge, seated holding cigar, three-quarter length portrait. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Uniformed man smoking a cigar. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Cigar Smoke" by Bill Thearle Commentary: "My friend Pat at a party." | "Cigar 1" by Borbás Krisztián Commentary: "A cigar, from havanna." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton | A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman. |
Phyllis Diller | Living in Hollywood is like living in a lit cigar butt. |
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall | What this country needs is a really good 5-cent cigar. |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | He took the cigar from his mouth, and delicately shook off the ash, while he considered |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A cigar in his mouth |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Tell me now what is claritas and you win the cigar. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | There have been substantial increases in the sale and consumption of smokeless tobacco products also, and more recently, in cigar sales. (references) | |
Cigar and pipe smokers, on the other hand, typically do not inhale the smoke, so nicotine is absorbed more slowly through the mucosal membranes of their mouths. (references) | ||
Thus, daily smokers or chewers are exposed to the effects of nicotine for 24 hours each day. Nicotine taken in by cigarette or cigar smoking takes only seconds to reach the brain but has a direct effect on the body for up to 30 minutes. (references) | ||
Economic History | Honduras | The largest U.S. investments in Honduras are in the maquila (garment assembly) sector, fruit production--particularly bananas, melons, and pineapple--tourism, energy generation, shrimp culture, animal feed production, telecommunications, fuel distribution, cigar manufacturing, insurance, brewing, leasing, food processing, and furniture manufacturing. (references) |
Worker Rights | India | Provisions for the protection of children in the workplace also are made in the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Condition of Employment) Act, the Factories Act, the Mines Act, the Motor Transport Workers Act, the Plantations Labor Act, and the Minimum Wages Act. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cigar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.32% of the time. "Cigar" is used about 443 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.32% | 440 | 13,128 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 443 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | 800-JR Cigar, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "cigar": cigar band ♦ cigar box ♦ cigar butt ♦ cigar case ♦ cigar cutter ♦ Cigar fish ♦ cigar lighter ♦ cigar smoker ♦ cigar store ♦ cuban cigar ♦ devil's cigar ♦ flat cigar ♦ havana cigar ♦ Manila cigar. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cigar": cigar-ash, cigar-box, cigar-box cedar, cigar-boxes, cigar-brown, cigar-card, cigar-case, cigar-chomping, cigar-cutter, cigar-end, cigar-ends, cigar-galls, cigar-gnawing, cigar-holder, cigar-puffing, cigar-scented, cigar-shape, cigar-shaped, cigar-smoke, cigar-smoker, cigar-smoking, cigar-store, cigar-tip. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cigar | 7,911 | acid cigar | 139 |
cigar box purse | 704 | cigar store | 131 |
cigar humidor | 621 | cigar shop | 121 |
cigar smoking | 618 | free cigar | 120 |
cigar discount | 617 | macanudo cigar | 116 |
cigar sale | 596 | padron cigar | 115 |
thompson cigar | 548 | cigar afficianado | 115 |
cigar box | 305 | punch cigar | 111 |
cigar cohiba | 291 | partagas cigar | 110 |
cigar aficionado | 270 | cigar woman | 102 |
cigar accessory | 251 | cigar rating | 98 |
monte cristo cigar | 243 | mikes cigar | 96 |
cigar lighter | 209 | cigar aficianado | 95 |
cheap cigar | 203 | cao cigar | 94 |
cigar cutter | 190 | j r cigar | 90 |
cigar international | 183 | cigar smoke | 90 |
wholesale cigar | 175 | davidoff cigar | 85 |
cigar online | 154 | ashton cigar | 85 |
cigar retailer | 154 | cigar case | 85 |
premium cigar | 140 | cigar catalog | 85 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cigar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | sigaar. (various references) | |
Albanian | puro, purë. (various references) | |
Arabic | سيكار, سيجار. (various references) | |
Basque | zigarro. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пура (smoke, weed). (various references) | |
Chinese | 雪茄煙 , 雪茄. (various references) | |
Czech | doutník. (various references) | |
Danish | cigar. (various references) | |
Dutch | sigaar. (various references) | |
Esperanto | cigaro. (various references) | |
Faeroese | vindil, sigar. (various references) | |
Farsi | سیگاربرگ , سیگار (Cigarette). (various references) | |
Finnish | sikari. (various references) | |
French | cigare. (various references) | |
German | Zigarre (dressing down, panatella). (various references) | |
Greek | πούρο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | סיגר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szivar (chappie, chappy, cheery old party, fella, feller, smoke, weed). (various references) | |
Indonesian | cerutu (cheroot). (various references) | |
Irish | todóg. (various references) | |
Italian | sigaro (cigarillo). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 葉巻 , 葉巻 , シェル構造 (Chicago, cigarette, shell construction, Sierra Leon, siesta, to ignore, Zionism, Zionist). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | シガー , はまき. (various references) | |
Korean | 여송연. (various references) | |
Manx | sigar. (various references) | |
Norwegian | sigar. (various references) | |
Occitan | cigarro. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | igarcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | charuto. (various references) | |
Romanian | trabuc (pigtail), ţigarå de foi, ţigarã de foi. (various references) | |
Russian | сигара (panatella, perfecto, weed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | cigara, tompus. (various references) | |
Spanish | cigarro (cigarette, fag, stogie, stogy). (various references) | |
Sranan | sigara. (various references) | |
Swedish | cigarr. (various references) | |
Thai | ซิการ์. (various references) | |
Turkish | puro (cuban, cuban cigar, weed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сигара (pipe, weed). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | điếu xì gà (segar). (various references) | |
Welsh | sigar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Portugese | 1100-Modern | charuto. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cigar": cigaret, cigarets, cigarette, cigarettes, cigarillo, cigarillos, cigars. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cigar": anticigarette. (additional references) | |
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"Cigar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cagr, cebar, Ceegar, Cega, cerar, cga, chiggar, Chignard, chirag, Ciara, cidar, Cifad, Ciga, Cigaro, cigary, cige, cigua, ciqar, citar, Civardi, ciyar, cogar, Cpga, cugar, Cugat, Cuidar, cuigear, cygar, cygerly, cynar, cyvar, icar, igar, jigar, Khizar, Lcfga, nigar, sigar, Sigur. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cigar" (pronounced sigÄ"r) |
| 3 | -g Ä" r | gar. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-r" | |
-1 letter: crag, ragi. | |
-2 letters: air, arc, car, cig, gar, rag, ria, rig. | |
-3 letters: ag, ai, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-r" | |
+1 letter: agaric, arcing, cagier, caring, cigars, garlic, orgiac, racing, tragic. | |
+2 letters: agarics, agravic, anergic, arching, arcking, argotic, bracing, carding, carking, carling, carping, carting, carving, chagrin, charing, choragi, cigaret, craning, craping, crating, craving, crazing, farcing, garlics, gastric, glacier, gracile, gracing, graphic, grimace, organic, racings, racking, sacring, scaring, scraigh, tracing, tragics. | |
+3 letters: accruing, agraphic, agrestic, allergic, amercing, arcading, archings, argentic, birdcage, bracings, capering, caprifig, carangid, cardigan, cardings, carlings, caroling, caroming, carpings, carriage, carrying, carvings, catering, chagrins, chairing, charging, charking, charming, charring, charting, choragic, cigarets, clearing, craaling, crabbing, cracking, cradling, crafting, craggier, craggily, cramming, cramping, cranking, crapping, crashing, cravings, crawling, creaking, creaming, creasing, creating, cribbage, croaking, curating, decigram, disgrace, ergastic, gabbroic, garlicky, germanic, gimcrack, glaciers, graciles, gracilis, gracioso, gracious, graecize, granitic, graphics, grimaced, grimacer, grimaces, gripsack, marching, margaric, oligarch, organics, orgasmic, orgastic, parching, picogram, podagric, prancing, ranching, reaching, reacting, reaginic, recaning, refacing, relacing, roaching, sacrings, scarfing, scarping, scarring, scarting, scraighs, scraping, spagyric, surgical, tracings, tracking, tragical, trancing, uncaring, vicarage, wracking. | |
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