Stogy (noun)
Pronunciation: ['sto-gee]
Definition: (1) A cheap cigar; (2) Far less often used to refer to rough, cheap workshoes.
Usage: A less desirable spelling is "stogie," an erroneous back derivation from the plural, "stogies." That is, it was derived by removing the plural "-s" marker but without replacing the "ie" with "y," as in "puppy: puppies," "lily : lilies," "pony : ponies."
Suggested Usage: This is a slang term, best used in jest: "No, he doesn't get the stogies he smokes at the cigar shop; I think he rolls them himself." "My neighbor from Cuba hasn't been home lately, so we'll have to smoke these stogies I got at the newsstand."
Etymology: A clipping from around 1853 of "Conestoga," the name of a town in Pennsylvania where one of the first cigar-making factories in the U. S. was built. Cigars made in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York were popular during the Civil War era, with those from the Pennsylvania factory being particularly well known.
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