stompien.
/ˈstɒmpi/, U.S. /ˈstɑmpi/, South African English /ˈstɒmpi/ South African slang.
A cigarette butt; also, a partially-smoked cigarette, esp. one stubbed out and kept for relighting later.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cigarette > butt or end of
doup1710
butt end1827
old soldier1834
butt1847
stub1855
cigar-end1870
stub-end1875
cigarette-end1889
cigar-butt1891
snipe1891
fag end1892
fag1897
bumper1899
scag1915
cigarette-butt1923
dout1928
dog-end1934
roach1939
stompie1947
1947 L. Abrahams in B. Sachs H. C. Bosman: S. Afr. Opinion—Trek Anthol. (1971) 235 He stubbed out the stompie on the kerb. Pushing it into his pocket, he came over.
1959 J. Meiring Candle in Wind ii. 32 She pulled a stompie out of her pocket and lighted it.
1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 37 The whiteman stopped the bulldozer and smoked a cigarette... He threw me the stompie.
1981 A. Paton Towards Mountain v. 34 The smell [of tobacco smoke] was made worse by his habit of keeping stompies in his pockets, a stompie being a cigarette not fully smoked, then stubbed out, and stored away for future use.
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