† long nine Obs. U.S.
[f. long a.1 1 + nine n. 4 b.]
A kind of cheap cigar.
| 1830 N. Dana Mariner's Sk. 213 (Th.), The fourfold row of long-nine-smoking beaux, that are regularly drawn up on Sunday forenoon in Market Square. 1835 Harvardiana I. 157 (Th.), He unfolded the wrapper; it contained two long-nine segars. 1851 Yale Lit. Mag. June 315 Pete had, as he always had after breakfast, a cigar in his mouth, a long nine. 1879 Bradstreet's 31 Dec. 3/3 Boys smoke ‘long nines’ while they still wear jackets. |