stogy

or sto·gie

[ stoh-gee ]
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noun,plural sto·gies.
  1. a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.

  2. a coarse, heavy boot or shoe.

Origin of stogy

1
1840–50, Americanism;stog(a) (short for Conestoga, town in Pennsylvania) + -y2

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How to use stogy in a sentence

  • "It might have been Andy Brown," he said, puffing at the stogie.

    Marching Men | Sherwood Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for stogy

stogy

stogey

/ (ˈstəʊɡɪ) /


nounplural -gies
  1. US any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar

Origin of stogy

1
C19: from stoga, short for Conestoga, a town in Pennsylvania

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