Stogie

Stogie
Stogie Sto"gie, n.; pl. {Stogies}. an inexpensive cigar; same as {stogy}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • stogie — ☆ stogie or stogy [stō′gē ] n. pl. stogies 〚said to be so named because favored by drivers of Conestoga wagons〛 1. a) a long, thin cigar, usually inexpensive b) loosely any cigar …   Universalium

  • stogie — also stogy, 1847, rough, heavy kind of shoe, later long, cheap cigar (1873), both shortened from Conestoga, rural region near Lancaster, Pennsylvania; both items so called because favored by drivers of the Conestoga style of covered wagons first… …   Etymology dictionary

  • stogie — ☆ stogie or stogy [stō′gē ] n. pl. stogies [said to be so named because favored by drivers of Conestoga wagons] 1. a) a long, thin cigar, usually inexpensive b) loosely any cigar 2. a heavy, roughly made shoe or boot …   English World dictionary

  • stogie — [“stogi] n. a cigar. □ Then this guy pulls out a big stogie and starts to smoke it right there in the restaurant. □ Some activist type tried to get the customers to walk out if the manager didn’t make the jerk put out his stogie …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • stogie — Stogy Sto gy, n.; pl. {Stogies}. [Written also {stogie}.] [Colloq.] 1. A stout, coarse boot or shoe; a brogan. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A kind of cheap, but not necessary inferior, cigar made in the form of a cylindrical roll. [Webster 1913 Suppl …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stogie — [[t]sto͟ʊgi[/t]] stogies N COUNT A stogie is a long thin cigar. [AM] …   English dictionary

  • stogie — noun a cheap cigar • Syn: ↑stogy • Hypernyms: ↑cigar * * * stogy 7 f10 [stogy stogies] ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • stogie — or stogy noun (plural stogies) Etymology: Conestoga, Pennsylvania Date: 1874 1. a stout coarse shoe ; brogan 2. an inexpensive slender cylindrical cigar; broadly cigar …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stogie — noun a) A thin, cheap cigar, from Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania. b) Any type of cigar …   Wiktionary

  • stogie — sto|gie [ˈstəugi US ˈstou ] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Conestoga, town in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.] AmE informal a ↑cigar, especially a thick cheap one …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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