cigarette holder

Definitions

1. 1

   A tube-like device that holds a cigarette and through which the cigarette is smoked.

   • 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.
   • 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.
   • 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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