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Chaveta

A crescent-shaped piece of steel used by a cigar roller in a cigar factory to cut a wrapper leaf to size. A cigar roller also uses such a device to help shape the head of a cigar. A custom in cigar factories is to slap the flat of the chaveta against the wooden rolling board, akin to applause.

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