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stoner

American  
[stoh-ner] / ˈstoʊ nər /

noun

stoners plural
  1. Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.

  2. a person who pelts or assails with stones.

    stoners of Paul the Apostle.

  3. Chiefly British. a person or thing that weighs a specified number of stone (used in combination).

    a 12-stoner.


stoner British  
/ ˈstəʊnə /

noun

  1. a device for removing stones from fruit

  2. slang a person who is habitually under the influence of drugs or alcohol

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of stoner

First recorded in 1300–50; stone ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )

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If “The Big Lebowski” was a Raymond Chandler riff with a Los Angeles stoner for a protagonist, “Drive-Away Dolls” is their version of the 1955 noir “Kiss Me Deadly.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2024

Sheng Wang has a droll and relaxed delivery, which makes the focus and inventiveness of his material land even better — the happy chill of stoner musings contrasting with the rigor of precise observational comedy.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2022

The music includes speed metal by Extreme, some “Detroit Rock City,” stoner anthems by Musical Youth, one-hit wonders Dead or Alive and Falco.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2022

And then America’s stoner uncle, Snoop, tweeted from his own account that he was Cozimo de Medici, a claim that may or may not be true.

From The Verge Feb. 10, 2022

Milling-Machine Connections for a Two-Roaster Plant Besides these three operations of roasting, cooling, and stoning, the plant may have machinery for treating the coffee both before it is roasted and after it leaves the stoner.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

Our heroes are outcasts and nerds, navigating a world of jocks, stoners and cool kids.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2022

But, as local historian Joe Nick Patoski said, one thing united hippies and rednecks, cowboys and stoners, slackers and geeks: music.

From Washington Post Mar. 16, 2020

In one sketch, they play 18th-century stoners recounting how awesome Mozart was on his 1763 tour, gushing like heavy-metal fans after an AC/DC concert.

From New York Times Jul. 15, 2016

Fire flames on my tongue; and though of old the Bactrian prophets were stoned, yet the stoners in oblivion sleep.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

The fruit stoners, being the adventures of Maria among the fruit stoners. © 24Apr35; A81568.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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