cigarette holder

noun

cigarette holder

noun
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.1943, Health Yearbook 1954, →ISBN, page 145:
  • 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.1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:
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  • 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.2007, Rayner W. Hesse, Jewelrymaking Through History: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 53:
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