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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'close, but no cigar' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions close, but no cigar idiom  (idiom) that's almost correct, but not quite Translations:  French: presque réussi, mais raté (trans-mid) German: knapp daneben ist auch vorbei. Etymology: From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 19th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize.<!--No need for so much verbiage:This phrase developed in 19th century United States, at carnivals. Often, winners of games of strength received a cigar as a prize. If a player failed to win, the carnival worker would tell him or her "Close, but no cigar". Over time, this phrase came to represent a broader exclamation of encouragement.-->        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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