loosey

English

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Etymology

From loose +‎ -y.

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Noun

loosey (plural loosies)

  1. (US, colloquial) A single cigarette, especially one sold individually. [from 20th c.]
    • 2009, Peter Moskos, Killed Over a Loosey, Cop in the Hood blog, February 2, 2009:
      Killed Over a Loosey. A 30-year-old man was chased down by four women and stabbed more than 20 times early Sunday after arguing with them over a broken cigarette, sources said.
    • 2018, Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Vintage, published 2019, page 5:
      After a few months of sloppy, half-asleep patronage, the Egyptians started calling me “boss” and readily accepted my fifty cents when I asked for a loosie, which I did often.
    • 2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 79:
      Hicks looks in his shirt pocket, finds an empty cigarette pack, reaches a loosie from the shoebox-full that Boynt keeps on his desk […] .
  2. (hip-hop) A track that is not part of an album.

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