Loosey vs Loosie - What's the difference?
loosey | loosie |
(US, slang) A single cigarette, sold individually (“loose”).
* 2009 , Peter Moskos,
*: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.
* 2008 , Barry Paddock, Kristen Brown and Stephanie Gaskell,
As nouns the difference between loosey and loosie
is that loosey is (us|slang) a single cigarette, sold individually (“loose”) while loosie is .loosey
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* (l)Noun
(loosies)Killed Over a Loosey],[http://www.copinthehood.com/ Cop in the Hood blog, February 2, 2009:
loosie
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(en noun)Loosies’ lousy tax price hike: Cig costs a drag, but may force smokers to quit, New York Daily News, June 15, 2008:
- Smokers aren’t surprised at the escalating price, reminiscing about recent months gone by when a loosie cost only 25 cents.