armourersergeant Posted 27 August , 2006 Share Posted 27 August , 2006 I was wondering rather amblinly what the terms for cigarettes were during the war. Did they call them lucifers, fags, cigarettes? or or..... Also what names were there in use? marlborough, players etc. Pipe smokers, what did they smoke? regards Arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 27 August , 2006 Share Posted 27 August , 2006 Coffin Nails! Ogden's Rough Shag has been around an awful long time{pipe Baccy} Lucifers were red headed matches Woodbines {Hence Woodbine Willie~Rev Studdart Kennedy} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 27 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2006 Coffin Nails! Ogden's Rough Shag has been around an awful long time{pipe Baccy} Lucifers were red headed matches Woodbines {Hence Woodbine Willie~Rev Studdart Kennedy} Of course it was (lucifer!) Brain **** sorry! thanks for the info Arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypresman Posted 27 August , 2006 Share Posted 27 August , 2006 Hi 'Gaspers' was a term commonly used for cigs. Then you had the 3 Wishes (Army issue), Ruby Queen, Red Hussars and Half-a-mo. Rations were 2 packets of 10 per week. Cheers Marc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaymen Posted 27 August , 2006 Share Posted 27 August , 2006 The mostly used terms that I have come across were Cigs or Ciggies Not sure Fags was used as much ! Glyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 27 August , 2006 Share Posted 27 August , 2006 As for alternative names for cigarettes, you also have whatever they are called in different parts of the country, as soldiers would take these local names with them. In the Black Country they were and still are known as "fakes" as in, "Hold on while I light my fake." Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 27 August , 2006 Share Posted 27 August , 2006 Yanks had Stokies!~"short,but not too big around..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 27 August , 2006 Share Posted 27 August , 2006 Yanks had Stokies Stogies! John "King of the Road" Hartley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KONDOA Posted 28 August , 2006 Share Posted 28 August , 2006 Tabs, snout. Chuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Maier Posted 28 August , 2006 Share Posted 28 August , 2006 There is a related discussion here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 28 August , 2006 Share Posted 28 August , 2006 Camel Dung (Egyptian cigarettes) Fag Gasper Partridge dates this to 1912 as a military term popularised during World War I. It originally referred to an inferior cigarette, one that made the smoker ‘gasp’. I’ve been making a study of issue fags, or ‘gaspers’ as they are vulgarly termed, and I would be glad if somebody would enlighten me on a certain point, which has puzzled me a lot. Who named the different brands? 1918 Kia Ora Coo-ee No. 4 October 15 p. 5 Coffin nails Cigarettes. General US. From 1888 (OED, Lighter). Attested in numerous sources. In World War I and beyond, Partridge notes, this was sometimes shortened to just ‘nail’. Jit Attested here and in Digger Dialects but not recorded otherwise. Arthur and Ramson in Digger Dialects note: ‘A shortening of Gitane, the proprietary name of a French cigarette since 1910’. The above were found here. http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/res/aehist/wwi/annoted1.php Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 13 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 13 September , 2006 thanks for the replies all Arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gporta Posted 13 September , 2006 Share Posted 13 September , 2006 Some other brands of the period: Gold Flake, Three Castles. Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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