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humidor

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hu⋅mi⋅dor

[hyoo-mi-dawr or, often, yoo-]
–noun
a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.

Origin:
1900–05; humid + -or 2
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hu·mi·dor   (hyōō'mĭ-dôr')   
n.  A container designed for storing cigars or other tobacco products at a constant level of humidity.

[From humid (on the model of cuspidor).]
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