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cigarmaking

cigarmaking noun: the manufacture of cigars.

Noun

cigarmaking (uncountable)

  1. The manufacture of cigars.
    • The victory rests with him, since the Court of Appeals decided that the law, passed a few years ago, to prohibit cigarmaking in tenements was unconstitutional, and thus put an end to the struggle.1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Bohemians—Tenement-house Cigarmaking”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 139

Origin of cigarmaking

From cigar + making.

Questions about cigarmaking

What does cigarmaking mean?
Cigarmaking means the manufacture of cigars.
What part of speech is cigarmaking?
Cigarmaking is a noun.

Words near cigarmaking in the dictionary

  1. cigarillos
  2. cigarless
  3. cigarlike
  4. cigarmaker
  5. cigarmakers
  6. cigarmaking
  7. Cigarroa
  8. Cigarroas
  9. cigars
  10. cigarsmoke
  11. ciggie

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