Cigarette
[sɪgə'ret] or [ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt,ˈsɪɡəˌrɛt]
Definition
(n.) A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
Inputed by Hubert
Unserious Contents or Definition
A weed whose smoke, some say, should never be inhaled, and still more insist should never be exhaled.
Inputed by Gustav
Examples
- He fixed his vivid eyes on Archer as he lit another cigarette. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The men lit another cigarette and talked casually. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I listened with amazement to this explanation, which Holmes delivered between the puffs of his cigarette. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was smoking a cigarette and he held a bowl of coffee in one hand and blew smoke onto its surface as he raised it to his lips. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The cigarette glowed brightly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He lay back in bed smoking a cigarette. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Smoke a cigarette, if you'll allow me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I am a connoisseur, said he, taking another cigarette from the box--his fourth--and lighting it from the stub of that which he had finished. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Robert Jordan took the cigarette and put it in the breast pocket of his blue mechanic jumper. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The old man reached out a trembling hand and helped himself to a cigarette. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was smoking one of the Russian cigarettes and in the glow, as he drew on the cigarette, his round face showed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He lit the cigarette over a lamp, reaching forward and drawing steadily. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No, thank you, returned the count, waving away with a gesture of repugnance the cigarette Maurice held out to him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then he gave a short laugh, and drew out a gold cigarette-case, in which, with plump jewelled fingers, he groped for a gold-tipped cigarette. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She was silent for so long that the ash dropped from her cigarette. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Take some cigarettes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Listen, Robert Jordan said and felt in his pocket for the cigarettes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was smoking one of the Russian cigarettes and in the glow, as he drew on the cigarette, his round face showed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And there sat Madame Fosco, like a quiet child, on a stool by his side, making cigarettes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One after another, Birkin lighted their cigarettes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The lady had her husband's embroidered tobacco-pouch, and her store of paper in her hand, for the manufacture of the eternal cigarettes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Robert Jordan gave him his cigarette case and Agustín took three cigarettes and put them inside the front flap of his herdsman's flat cap. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He shoved the large tin of cigarettes which stood on a table beside him towards my companion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The cigarettes will show me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pablo looked at him as though he were going to speak again, then reached for the cigarettes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I therefore smoked a great number of those excellent cigarettes, and I dropped the ash all over the space in front of the suspected bookcase. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He laid his cigarettes and fire-box ready to his hand, and fell to smoking. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If he had married me, I should have made his cigarettes, as his wife does--I should have held my tongue when he looked at me, as she holds hers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Laura took her work, and Madame Fosco began her cigarettes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Oriental peoples who had never heard of nationality before, took to it as they took to the cigarettes and bowler hats of the west. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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