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che⋅root

  [shuh-root]
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–noun
a cigar having open, untapered ends.
Also, sheroot.

Origin:
1660–70; < Tamil curuṭṭu roll (of tobacco)
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che·root also she·root   (shə-rōōt')   
n.  A cigar with square-cut ends.

[French cheroute, ultimately from Tamil curruṭṭu, from curi, to be spiral.]
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Word Origin & History

cheroot 
c.1670, probably from Port. charuto "cigar," from Tamil curuttu "roll" (of tobacco), from curul "to roll."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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