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cigarConcise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: cigar/sɪˈɡɑː(r)/ ▶noun a cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. – phrases close but no cigar N. Amer. informal almost but not quite successful. – origin C18: from Fr. cigare, or from Sp. cigarro, prob. from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. 'cigar' also found in these Oxford entries:
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