ciggy
Americannoun
PLURAL
ciggiesEtymology
Origin of ciggy
First recorded in 1960–65; cig(arette) + -y 2
Example Sentences
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“No need to go chucking the old steed around, oright? What’s wrong with you? Need a coffee? Ciggy?”
From The Guardian
Deluded by guarantees of untold wealth and its trappings, their eyes cloud over, but, as yet, the narrator observes, all they’ve been offered is a ciggy.
From The Guardian
Holding court on deck, surrounded by cameras and wine-slurping, blazer-wearing “Kippers”, was the man himself: a male Britannia with a ciggy between his fingers and a smirk across his face.
From Economist
While they stomped out their ciggy butts on the fresh “dirt road” replacing pavements, some huffed and puffed about their preference for the set of “New Girl.”
From New York Times
The ciggy in the communal bath is long gone; increasingly cryotherapy chambers, which flush out lactic acid, and speed recovery are used.
From The Guardian
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