Ramon Allonesn.
/rəˌməʊn aˈjəʊnɛz/, U.S. /rəˌmoʊn ɑˈjoʊˌnɛz/ A proprietary name for: a brand of cigar.Ramón Allones is the name of two premium cigar brands, one produced in Cuba, where it was created by the brothers Ramón and Antonio Allones in 1845; the other produced in Honduras and the Dominican Republic for the General Cigar Co., which acquired the trademark for the U.S. market in 1975.
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1879 Times 20 Mar. 3/5 Partagas, Cabanas, and Ramon Allones, cabinet cases, and every other well-known brand of Havana cigars at proportionably low prices.
1903 N.Y. Times 27 Jan. 6/5 Rabell, Costa, Valles & Co., proprietors of the Ramon Allones factory.
1939 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 June b12/3 Ramon Allones..are packaged in as chaste containers as any other quality product.
1965 V. Canning Whip Hand xv. 173 He pulled out a cigar... It was certainly Havana, and probably Ramon Allones.
1992 Evening Standard (Nexis) 31 July 28 To smoke a Ramon Allones or Cohiba after dinner indicates assured discernment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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