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humidor

[hyoo-mi-dawr, yoo-] / ˈhju mɪˌdɔr, ˈju- /


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Insurers paid out £106,700 for the loss, but Prosecutor Julian Winship said there were only seven Fabergé sets - containing a jewelled egg, watch, whisky bottle, cigars and humidor - in existence.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

Some also have started connecting their clients with property managers who can maintain multiple homes, keeping the humidor filled with cigars or stocking the fridge before clients arrive.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

Each humidor holds about 2,400 baseballs, stored in boxes labeled with the dates on which each was placed on the shelf.

From Washington Post May 14, 2022

The humidor is used to try to get baseballs to behave in a similar fashion, whether the game’s being played in Colorado’s thin air or New York or Atlanta.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2022

He thought it might be a humidor but it was the wrong shape and when he picked it up and felt the weight of it he knew what it was.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Members pay $6,500 a year plus a $5,000 initiation fee for access to private dining, curated experiences like sleigh rides and holiday parties, and optional private liquor lockers and cigar humidors for an extra fee.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

The "Festival del Habano" draws cigar enthusiasts, traders, and specialized journalists from around the world and features an auction of luxury cigars and humidors.

From Barron's Feb. 14, 2026

The judge’s order applies to cigars that are hand-rolled and tend to be sold in humidors and in specialty stores, rather than the mass-produced machine-rolled cigars typically available at convenience stores.

From New York Times Aug. 10, 2023

Before this season, MLB’s home run committee suggested installing humidors — climate-controlled closets, basically — at all 30 parks.

From Washington Post May 14, 2022

Briefly he permitted himself a vision of his own future home—a palatial bungalow in distant Hollywood, with expensive cigars in elaborate humidors and costly gold-tipped cigarettes in silver things on low tables.

From Merton of the Movies by Harry Leon Wilson




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