Definition of "loosies" [loosies]

• Plural form of loosey, plural form of loosie. (noun)

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• "The drama began just before midnight last Thursday when a Special Operation Lieutenant and several officers were conducting a crack down on the sale of the so-called " loosies " in businesses in the Belmont section of the Bronx, the official said."
• "Require age verification and face-to-face sale and eliminate mail order sales, vending machines, free samples, self-service displays and sale of single cigarettes ( "loosies") and packages with fewer than 20 cigarettes ( "kiddie packs")."
• "And if a pack is too expensive, retailers here, many of them small operations, also seem more willing than merchants elsewhere to sell "loosies," he said - two cigarettes for $1."