cheroot

[prettygoodword]

cheroot or sheroot (shuh-ROOT) - n., a cigar square-cut on both ends.


Since not tapered, they're easier to make and so are cheaper, but the tobacco is exposed. Common in India and Burma/Myanmar, but I also associate it with gunfighters of the Wild West. We got the word from Portuguese charuto, cigar, from Tamil curruṭṭu, roll (of tobacco), from curi, to be spiral.

---L.

Comments

[oracne]

I did not know the difference between a cigar and a cheroot (except they seemed smaller) until now! Thank you!

[prettygoodword]

De nada!