Definition of "cigar-case" [cigar-case]

• A pocket-case for holding cigars. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "“I beg your pardon, sir,” Brown said, as he handed me my cigar-case, “but Mr. Harmmed has asked to see you before you go out.”"
• "My amazement reached its culmination when, at the conclusion of his speech, he produced a cigar-case full of cigars and offered it round."
• "His very visiting-cards, his cigar-case, and the handle of his cane took slightly oblique inclinations. —"