stogie

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.

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  • Stogie — Sto gie, n.; pl. {Stogies}. an inexpensive cigar; same as {stogy}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — 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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