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Cigarette case   /sˌɪgərˈɛt keɪs/   Listen
Cigarette case

noun
1.
A small flat case for holding cigarettes; can be carried in a purse or a pocket.






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"Cigarette case" Quotes from Famous Books



... a small gold cigarette case from the depths of an elaborate bead bag and extracted a cigarette. She lit ...
— The Moon out of Reach • Margaret Pedler

... his satin blouse a gold-and-black cigarette case. Peter accepted one of the white cylinders and struck a match. In the flare he found that Kahn Meng was studying him ...
— Peter the Brazen - A Mystery Story of Modern China • George F. Worts

... Herr Captain," observed the older man. "Will you smoke?" producing his cigarette case, and as the other smilingly helped himself and accepted a lighted match, he surveyed him critically. Paying no attention to his chief's scrutiny, the Secret Service agent contemplated the luxurious appointments ...
— I Spy • Natalie Sumner Lincoln

... be ready for me," I merely asked, as I stuffed the notes into my cigarette case. "And how are we to get it out of this, in banking hours, without attracting any amount of attention ...
— A Thief in the Night • E. W. Hornung

... burning it. The night was not cold and wood was very dear. He sat down under the light of the old lamp which stood upon the mantelpiece, and drew a long breath. But presently, putting his hand into the pocket of his overcoat in search of his cigarette case, he drew out something else which he had almost forgotten, a small something wrapped in coarse paper. He undid it and looked at the little frame of chiselled brass which Donna Tullia had found him buying ...
— Don Orsino • F. Marion Crawford



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