Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cigar with square-cut ends.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of cigar not pointed at either end, and thicker at one end than at the other. Cheroots were first made at Manila in the Philippine islands.
- noun Same as
shaya-root .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of cigar, originally brought from Manila, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cigar withsquare -cut ends
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cigar with both ends cut flat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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A Manila cheroot is between his lips – the fragrance of one never fails to call up his image – and he caresses an unamiable little dog which he fondly loves.
Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Maud Howe Elliott 1915
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Aidan fought his panic with a long, slow drag on his cheroot.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Alone, he lit a cheroot to steady his shaking hands.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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The combined scents of bay rum and cheroot smoke tickling her nose.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Instead, pulling a cheroot from his pocket, he lit it from the hearth fire.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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His tone held a whiplash violence that had Danvers cringing, the wrinkled nose and disapproving glare at the unfashionable cheroot wiped from a startled face.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Aidan masked his surprise in bored cynicism before forestalling the queasy stomach churn of questions by lighting a cheroot on the candle flame.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Pulled a cheroot from his pocket, bending to light it.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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For the faint tang of cheroot smoke and bay rum to tease her nose.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Lit a cheroot from a nearby candle, inhaling on a lung-soothing drag.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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