A slang term for any type of cigar, often used to describe cheap or roughly made cigars. The term comes from the long, thin cigars smoked by drivers of Conestoga wagons in the 1700s and 1800s.

What is the difference between a cigar and a stogie?

As nouns the difference between stogie and cigar

is that stogie is (slang) a thin, cheap cigar, from conestoga township, pennsylvania while cigar is tobacco, rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.

Why do they call a cigar a stogie?

The term stogie is actually named after Conestoga, Pennsylvania where one of the first cigar factories was built (in Pennsylvania). ... The stogie is also derived from the wagon masters who would often smoke long cigars, resembling the spokes of the wagon wheels.