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sto·gie

or sto·gy (stō′gē)

n. pl. sto·gies

1. A cheap cigar.

2. A roughly made heavy shoe or boot.

[After Conestoga, a village of southeast Pennsylvania.]

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stogy

(ˈstəʊɡɪ) ,

stogey

stogie

n, pl -gies

(Brewing) US any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sto•gy

or sto•gie

(ˈstoʊ gi)

n., pl. -gies.

1. a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.

2. a coarse, heavy boot or shoe.

[1840–50, Amer.; stog(a) (short for Conestoga, town in Pennsylvania) + -y²]

stogie, stogy - A stogie (or stogy) is named for the Conestoga wagon—as drivers of the wagons rolled tobacco into thin ropes for smoking on long trips; stogies are now long, thin cigars.

stog(e)y

, stogie

n (US inf: = cigar) → Zigarillo nt

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