cheroot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a short, narrow cigar with both ends cut flat

   His uncle smoked a cheroot while reading the morning newspaper.

Probably borrowed through Portuguese charuto, 'cigar,' and associated with Tamil curuttu, 'a roll' or 'rolled tobacco.' English use spread through colonial trade in South and Southeast Asia.

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