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OP "There he sat on his veranda, drinking whisky-pegs and smoking cheroots, ...."
A word for cigar that I haven't seen for a long time. I wonder if it had any special difference, or referred only to its place of origin.
Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers:
cheroot [ʃə'ruːt]
noun a cigar with both ends cut off squarely
[ETYMOLOGY: 17th Century: from Tamil curuttu curl, roll]
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted cheroot wwh 12/09/03 07:36 PM Re: cheroot shanks 12/09/03 08:09 PM Re: cheroot wwh 12/09/03 09:55 PM
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