cigarette holder

noun

1. a mouthpiece of plastic, ivory, etc., for holding a cigarette while it is being smoked.

cigarette holder

noun

1. a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigarette while it is smoked

Word History and Origins

Origin of cigarette holder¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Her fabulous car, her cigarette holder, her long red gloves — as a child, I longed to have a rotary phone to dial with the cigarette holder, just like Cruella does in Disney’s 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

From Vox

FDR gives an avuncular grin around his famous cigarette holder to Andrew Jackson.

From The Daily Beast

As he sipped a drink, he pulled out what looked to be a cross between a pen and a cigarette holder, and he took a puff.

From The Daily Beast

It was timeless, that wacky, tacky character she created; the cigarette holder was genius, paradoxically regal.

From The Daily Beast

FDR was cheered as a champion of the little guy, says Corallo, and “he was who he was: this aristocrat with a cigarette holder!”

From The Daily Beast

The Brachyderes has a massive proboscis, cut off short; the Balaninus seems to be smoking an insanely long cigarette-holder.

From Project Gutenberg

M. Claretie presents a cigarette-holder and feels a hand which tries to seize it, but he resists and will not let it go.

From Project Gutenberg

My cigarette-holder was grasped by a very strong hand, which wrenched the object from me with a good deal of energy.

From Project Gutenberg

Patricia returned her greeting gayly; Merle removed a shining cigarette holder of remarkable length and bowed, but did not smile.

From Project Gutenberg

"Maybe there are burglars," Blount said, pointing with his cigarette-holder to Harrington's threatened king.

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