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The cheroot is a cylindrical cigar with both ends clipped during manufacture. Since cheroots do not taper, they are inexpensive to roll mechanically, and their low cost makes them popular. The word cheroot comes from French ''cheroute'', from Tamil ''curuttu/churuttu/shuruttu'' (சுருட்டு)- roll of tobacco. This word could have been absorbed into the French language from Tamil during the 18th century, when the French were trying to stamp their presence in South India. The word could have then been absorbed into English from French.〔(Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin )〕 ==Asia== Cheroots are traditional in Burma and India, consequently, popular among the British during the days of the British Empire. They are often associated with Burma in literature: Apparently, Cheroot smoking was also associated with resistance against tropical disease in India. Verrier Elwin wrote in a foreword (1957) to ''Leaves from the Jungle: Life in a Gond Village'', Most likely the cheroot's aroma, by sticking to the skin and hiding the scent of sweat, which draws mosquitoes, contributed to making the smoker less of a target for their bites. Although a cheroot is defined as cylindrical, home-rolled cheroots in Burma are sometimes conical.〔http://travel2photograph.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/cigars-and-cheroots-a-burmese-facial-feature/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「cheroot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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