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Henry Clay
The name of an American statesman (1777–1852) used to designate a type of cigar.
1867in Amer. Speech (1965) XL. 130. 1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 647/1 The dealer..asked him if he would ‘like to 'ave a 'Enry Clay’. 1888Kipling Departm. Ditties (1890) 105 There's peace in a Laranaga, there's calm in a Henry Clay. 1893Harper's Mag. Dec. 34/1 And bring some cigars—Henry Clays. Ibid., My father was always a Henry Clay man. 1922Joyce Ulysses 243 He removed his large Henry Clay decisively. 1969L. Grow tr. Davidoff & Lambert's Connoisseur's Bk. Cigar 71 Henry Clay (now planted in the Canary Islands) has changed its name; its owners have struck the new name of Don Miguel. |