drnos
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Monday, March 23, 2009 3:37:00 PM
Do you consider "cigar" to be a synonym for "stogie"? The NYT does.
rfenst
Monday, March 23, 2009 3:38:00 PM
yes.
teelio
Monday, March 23, 2009 3:40:00 PM
All stogies are cigars, even if not all cigars are stogies.
8trackdisco
Monday, March 23, 2009 3:41:00 PM
Yes.
drnos
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:14:00 PM
BTW, did you know that 'stogie' comes from 'conestoga' because a cigar was the smoke chosen by most teamsters?

See Coop, it's your heritage.

JHC
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:26:00 PM
It has also been said that it is because it looks like the spoke in the conastoga wagon wheel.