ciggy

Or cig·gie

[sig-ee]

noun

Slang.

plural

ciggies 

1. a cigarette.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ciggy¹

First recorded in 1960–65; cig(arette) + -y ²

Example Sentences

“No need to go chucking the old steed around, oright? What’s wrong with you? Need a coffee? Ciggy?”

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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The ciggy in the communal bath is long gone; increasingly cryotherapy chambers, which flush out lactic acid, and speed recovery are used.

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