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Moosey vs Loosey - What's the difference?

moosey | loosey |

As an adjective moosey

is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a moose.

As a noun loosey is

a single cigarette, sold individually (“loose”).

moosey

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a moose.
  • Having an abundance of moose.
  • * 1893 , , The Writings of Henry David Thoreau , page 377:
  • *:It is all mossy and moosey .
  • loosey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (loosies)
  • (US, slang) A single cigarette, sold individually (“loose”).
  • * 2009 , Peter Moskos, Killed Over a Loosey], [http://www.copinthehood.com/ 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.