loosey
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9.9
A single cigarette sold by itself, often illegally
- noun
- /ˈluːsi/
- Slang
:
cigarrillo suelto
- He asked the clerk, "Do you happen to sell any loosey cigarettes?"
Examples
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I may have repeated "righty tight, lefty loosey" a billion times as well.
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A stiff loosey...
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Roasting a bone, candy flipping, banging down a stiff loosey.
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After work, I saw him outside the store, selling a loosey to a friend.
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It's illegal to sell a loosey in this state, so be careful.
Synonyms
cigarette
vsloosey
∞
1.0
A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke
is a single unit sold alone often illegally rather than in packs
10
8.2
A short thin tube of tobacco that people smoke
is the same object but sold individually usually outside normal packaging
1
9.9
A cigarette that is strong or harsh to smoke
is about being sold singly and illegally not about strength
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Morphology
Etymology
Loosey as a noun comes from the idea of something sold 'loose' rather than in its pack, so a single cigarette is called a loosey. A helpful way to remember it is to picture buying one 'loose' cigarette from a street seller.