cigarette holder

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English

A person holding a cigarette holder which has a lit cigarette inside.

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cigarette holder (plural cigarette holders)

  1. A tube-like device that holds a cigarette and through which the cigarette is smoked.
    • 1943, Health Yearbook 1954, →ISBN, page 145:
      The cigarette holder that uses a plastic cylinder filled with granules of silica reduced the nicotine content by 14 percent and the tar content by 21 percent.
    • 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:
      He displayed the cigarette holder grandly on every occasion and had learned to manipulate it adroitly. Unwittingly, he had discovered deep within himself a fertile aptitude for smoking with a cigarette holder.
    • 2007, Rayner W. Hesse, Jewelrymaking Through History: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 53:
      Cigarette holders were considered an essential part of women's fashion from the early to the mid-twentieth century and are sometimes of quite simple design; or they may be incredibly ornate, with gemstone or mother-of-pearl inlays.

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