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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cheroot #117386 12/09/2003 7:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "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] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cheroot #117387 12/09/2003 8:09 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Doc My feeling is that cheroots were, in size at least, smaller and thinner than full-blown cigars. Would panatella be an appropriate reference for size? They were, as far as I can tell, cigarette-sized, but wrapped in tobacco leaves. I could be entirely wrong, of course, never having smoked one. cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cheroot #117388 12/09/2003 9:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Shanks: that's what they are now, but I could not find any further details about what they might have been at the time of the Mutiny. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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