Definition

1. Noun:
   • A cheap cigar: A "stogie" refers to an inexpensive, often roughly made cigar. The term is particularly associated with a long, thin cigar.

Usage

• The word "stogie" is an informal noun. It is used to describe a cigar that is not of high quality or premium price. It often carries a connotation of being a simple, working-class smoke.

Examples

• Noun:
  • He sat on the porch, smoking a cheap stogie.
  • The old man always had a stogie clenched between his teeth.
  • They bought a few stogies for the celebration, not wanting to spend too much.

Advanced Usage

• The term can sometimes be used more broadly or affectionately to refer to any cigar, not necessarily a cheap one, especially in casual conversation.
  • He offered me a stogie from his humidor. (Here, it simply means a cigar, though the original implication is of a cheaper type.)

Variants and Related Words

• Stogy: An alternative spelling of "stogie."
• Cigar: The general term for a cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking.
• Cheroot: A type of cigar with both ends open, which can sometimes be similar to a stogie.

Synonyms

• Cheap cigar
• Cigarillo (though a cigarillo is typically smaller)
• Smoke (slang)

Idioms and Phrases

• Light up a stogie: To start smoking a cigar.
  • After dinner, he liked to light up a stogie.
• Puff on a stogie: To smoke a cigar leisurely.
  • He was content just to puff on his stogie and watch the game.

Noun

1. a cheap cigar