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humidor|ˈhjuːmɪdɔː(r)|
[f. humid a., after cuspidor.]
A box, cabinet, or room in which cigars or tobacco are kept moist; also, any apparatus, such as damp sponges, for keeping cigars, the atmosphere, etc., moist.
1903Sun (N.Y.) 4 Mar. 6/3 (Funk), A humidor as large as a small cottage occupies most of the ground floor. 1922Detective Mag. Nov. 100 The cigar was soft and fresh from the humidor. 1927P. Marks Lord of Himself 198 Take a cigarette out of that humidor. 1955Sturdevant & Brauer in J. C. Brauer Dental Asst. xx. 287 The impression should be stored in a humidor in order to minimize dimensional change. 1963Punch 8 May 669/1 Champagne coolers and waste-paper baskets, to say nothing of door-stops and humidors. 1973R. Hayes Hungarian Game viii. 61, I fumbled with the F.O.'s humidor for a Havanna. |