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stogy

or sto·gie

[ stoh-gee ]

noun

, plural sto·gies.
  1. a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
  2. a coarse, heavy boot or shoe.


stogy

/ ˈstəʊɡɪ /

noun

  1. any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stogy1

1840–50, Americanism; stog(a) (short for Conestoga, town in Pennsylvania) + -y 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stogy1

C19: from stoga, short for Conestoga, a town in Pennsylvania
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Example Sentences

Mr. Tutt somewhat reluctantly altered his position from the horizontal to the vertical and reached for a fresh stogy.

Then he lit a stogy and stretched his long legs comfortably out under the narrow table.

Then he reinserted the stogy between his lips and produced from his inside pocket a typewritten sheet.

Mr. Tutt threw his stogy into the fire and fumbled for another in the long box on the library table.

It certainly had the merit of cheapness, if that be a merit in tobacco, and I experimented with the stogy.

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