loosies

He was not selling “loosies” that day, no cigarettes were found on his person, and thus there was no probable cause in play.

Loosies are generally bought by cigarette addicts who have trouble affording a whole pack at the taxed rate.

Up in New York, Garner had been repeatedly arrested for making a couple of bucks by selling loosies.

Garner became the Gandhi of loosies, offering only the most passive resistance as the police moved to arrest him.