Chapter CHEENAR to CHEROOT of C by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

with the Spanish segar, though usually made rather more bulky.”—Williamson, V. M. i. 499.

1811.—“Dire que le T’cherout est la cigarre, c’est me dispenser d’en faire la description.”—Soloyns, iii.

[1823.—“He amused himself by smoking several carrotes.”—Owen, Narr. ii. 50.]

1875.—“The meal despatched, all who were not on duty lay down…almost too tired to smoke their cheroots before falling asleep.”—The Dilemma, ch. xxxvii.