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

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

    By Advice of Counsel | Arthur Train
  • Then he lit a stogy and stretched his long legs comfortably out under the narrow table.

    By Advice of Counsel | Arthur Train
  • Then he reinserted the stogy between his lips and produced from his inside pocket a typewritten sheet.

    By Advice of Counsel | Arthur Train
  • Mr. Tutt threw his stogy into the fire and fumbled for another in the long box on the library table.

    By Advice of Counsel | Arthur Train
  • It certainly had the merit of cheapness, if that be a merit in tobacco, and I experimented with the stogy.

    Mark Twain's Speeches | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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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