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Old 02-20-2012, 07:49 AM   #7
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Default Re: The Word Puro w/Poll

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Originally Posted by Emjaysmash View Post
I have always heard the term used in the US as defining a cigar with all constituent tobaccos from the same country of origin.

I have heard the word used by Cubans as the word for "cigar". If you watch Buena Vista Social Club, Compay Segundo refers to cigars as "puros".
I can see Cubans using the term puro to mean cigar since they don't really use leaf from anywhere else.
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