n. A collector of cigar bands.


Collecting cigar bands is apparently quite a legitimate & widespread hobby - but to me, the term sounds dumb and phony. Why should "brand-" designate cigars? I can't seem to dig up any background on this word, but neither have I found anyone claiming it doesn't mean this. The following sites claim it does (there were several more sites, but what a boring list).


Sources:

http://www.dribbleglass.com/subpages/obscurewords.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/sd/eclipsesun/obscurewords.html

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/2413/word.html

http://www.cigarcollector.com/cigarcollector/Page_32x.html

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