stogie

noun

sto·​gie ˈstō-gē How to pronounce stogie (audio)
variants or stogy
plural stogies
1
: a stout coarse shoe : brogan
2
: an inexpensive slender cylindrical cigar
broadly : cigar

Examples of stogie in a Sentence

He was smoking a stogie.
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Additional ghosts include a cigar-smoking man, often detected by the aroma of his stogie; a former female employee who helps out during busy times by watching the door; and a curious little boy, usually seen — and played with — by other children. Details: 520-432-2216, copperqueen.com. Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024 In addition to snaps of the singer pouring out a glass and then holding up said glass to the sky to capture the end of a perfect rainbow, there’s also a short video of Jay doing some ocean stogie smoking. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2024 Granted, the only thing Freud was good for was chain smoking stogies and doing enough cocaine to kill all of Motley Crue. Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023 Then, perk up with an espresso at the coffee bar or sit back with a stogie in the cigar lounge. Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023 Light up a stogie on occasion. Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2022 At The Sun Magazine, Stephen J. Lyons recounts waiting for his beloved blue-collar, stogie-smoking grandpa to emerge from the bar. Longreads, 26 Oct. 2021 Who doesn’t love a nice stogie after a meal? Josh Max, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021 With the bulk of his 6-foot-9-inch frame resting comfortably on the floor of a hallway inside the NBA's Orlando, Florida, bubble, and while puffing on a Red Auerbach-style victory stogie, James FaceTimed his mother Gloria, and recounted their journey. Jason Kurtz, CNN, 12 Oct. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Conestoga, Pennsylvania

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stogie was in 1874

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“Stogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stogie. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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