loosey

plural loosies · alternative loosie

1. UScolloquialA single cigarette, especially one sold individually.First known use 20th c.

   Hicks looks in his shirt pocket, finds an empty cigarette pack, reaches a loosie from the shoebox-full that Boynt keeps on his desk […].

   2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 79

   2 more examples

   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.

   2009, Peter Moskos, Killed Over a Loosey, Cop in the Hood blog, February 2, 2009

   After a few months of sloppy, half-asleep patronage, the Egyptians started calling me “boss” and readily accepted my fifty cents when I asked for a loosie, which I did often.

   2018, Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Vintage, published 2019, page 5

2. dancingA track that is not part of an album.