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cigarette roll noun a type of parachute malfunction US, 1962- — Robert W. Black, Rangers in Korea, p. 335, 1989
- The cigarette roll was a rigging error which caused the parachute to unfold, but not fill with air, not opening to full deployment. — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 498, 1990
- The main parachute of an experienced jumper failed to open; it streamed upward in what was known as a cigarette roll. — Robert W. Black, A Ranger Born, p. 44, 2002
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