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Nov 30, 2009
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ci•gar



Pronunciation: (si-gär'), [key]
—n.
1. a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
2. no cigar, Informal.not being a winning or successful effort, as if not good enough to earn a cigar as a prize: He made a good try at fielding the ball, but no cigar.

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