cigarillo

[ sig-uh-ril-oh ]

/ ˌsɪg əˈrɪl oʊ /

a small, thin cigar.

a cigarette with a wrapping of tobacco instead of paper.

Origin of cigarillo

1825–35; < Spanish, diminutive of cigarro cigar

The cigarillo is smoked slowly, the last whiff being the bonne bouche, the breast, la pechuga.

Gatherings From Spain |Richard Ford
Food is always of secondary importance: he ranks it after his novia, after his cigarillo, after the bulls.

Spanish Life in Town and Country |L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
The men often sit with their hats on, and between the courses smoke a cigarette, or cigarillo in Spanish.

Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal |Oliver Optic
In the Cigarillo manufactory about 2000 workmen find employment.

Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II |Karl Ritter von Scherzer

So without speech he blew the end off his cigarillo and handed it courteously to the Carlist soldier.

The Firebrand |S. R. Crockett

cigarillo

/ (ˌsɪɡəˈrɪləʊ) /

a small cigar often only slightly larger than a cigarette