Henry Clay

noun

A brand of cigar.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounHenry Clay (plural Henry Clays)

plural Henry Clays

  1. A brand of cigar.First known use 19th c.

    There's peace in a Laranaga, there's calm in a Henry Clay.

    1888, Rudyard Kipling, Departmental Ditties, page 105
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    He removed his large Henry Clay decisively and his large fierce eyes scowled intelligently over all their faces.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 237

Origin

Proprietary name, after Henry Clay (1777–1852), US politician.

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APA

Henry Clay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Henry%20Clay

MLA

“Henry Clay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Henry%20Clay. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Henry Clay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Henry%20Clay.

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