Definitions

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  • noun US, slang A single cigarette, sold individually (“loose”).

Etymologies

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loose +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Truth-be-told, I was simply taken for "loosey" or loose-moraled lady.

    brouillon - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Truth-be-told, I was simply taken for "loosey" or loose-moraled lady.

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Maybe this is just the kind of loosey-goosey coach who should scare the bejeebers out of the Chicago Bears.

    Playoffs? Playoffs? Pete Carroll answers a reporter's phone during press conference Cindy Boren 2011

  • Truth-be-told, I was simply taken for "loosey" or loose-moraled lady.

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Truth-be-told, I was simply taken for "loosey" or loose-moraled lady.

    brouillon - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • After the Angiulo Brothers went down in that FBI mega-case, things got kind of loosey-goosey in their old spheres of influence.

    The Devil's Bedpost 2010

  • After the Angiulo Brothers went down in that FBI mega-case, things got kind of loosey-goosey in their old spheres of influence.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

  • R-Texas, adding that she especially didn't like what people associated it with - "a kind of loosey-goosey style of interpretation in which anything goes."

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2010

  • "I don't particularly think that the term is apt," Kagan told Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, adding that she especially didn't like what people associated it with - "a kind of loosey-goosey style of interpretation in which anything goes."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • Well, besides making it look a lot whiter in places, it means that I'm working from home and thus feeling kind of loosey-goosey about my posting duties today.

    greenbuildingsNYC stephen@greenbuildingsnyc.com 2010

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