English Explanatory Dictionary

cigar store Indian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sculpture, typically wooden and painted, of a Native American Indian, of the sort prominently used in tobacco stores.

Word forms

cigar store Indian cigar store Indians cigar-store Indian

Etymology

From the once common use of sculpted wooden Indians as a symbol for tobacco selling.

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