TOBACCO, TOBACCONIST
ADJECTIVES
► addicted to or caused by tobacco → TOBACCICAL 1604
► addicted to tobacco → TOBACCHIAN 1615 obs.
► smoking tobacco → TOBACCONING 1647 obs.
► smoking a pipe, tobacco, etc. → FUNKING 1699 obs.
► pert. to tobacco → TOBACCONIAN 1835
► impregnated with or smelling of tobacco smoke → TOBACCOY 1840
► addicted to tobacco → TOBACCOSE 1845
► characterized by the use of tobacco → TOBACCOFIED 1846
► addicted to or caused by tobacco → TOBACCOIC 1878
► of tobacco: very strong → FLAMING 1887
► relating to tobacco smoking → TOBACCONALIAN 1889
► characterized by the use of tobacco → TOBACCOED 1893
► of tobacco: light, thin, straw-coloured → CHAFFY 1967
NOUNS
► tobacco → WEED 1606
► tobacco → SMOKE 1616 obs.
► tobacco-smoking → TOBACCONING 1616 obs.
► tobacco → DRUNKEN-WORT 1617 obs.
► tobacco → DRUNK-WORT 1617 obs.
► tobacco → QUEEN-MOTHER HERB 1617 obs.
► tobacco → QUEEN’S HERB 1617 obs.
► an opprobrious name for tobacco → MAN-BANE 1618 obs.
► tobacco smoke → INDIAN FUME 1627 obs.
► a room for smoking tobacco; a smoking-room → TOBACCO-ROOM 1656 obs.
► a small roll of tobacco → PRICK 1666
► tobacco of poor quality; bad-smelling tobacco → MUNDUNGUS 1671
► tobacco, esp. of a poor, cheap, or inferior quality → FUNK 1677
► tobacco → SOT-WEED 1698 obs.
► tobacco smoke → FUNK L17
► tobacco → ORINOKO • ORONOKO L17
► tobacco → TOB 18C
► the cheek pouches where a tobacco chewer stores his quid → ALFOGEO 1704
► tobacco, a stupefying weed → SOT WEED 1708
► a bite or portion of chewing tobacco → CHAW 1709
► a tobacco warehouse → ROLLING HOUSE 1711
► tobacco of poor quality; bad-smelling tobacco → MUNDUNG 1712 obs.
► tobacco → BACCO 1792
► tobacco → BACKEE • BACCY 1792
► a plug of black tobacco; at one time, a brand name of chewing tobacco → NIGGERHEAD 19C derogatory
► a plug of black tobacco → NEGRO-HEAD E19 now derogatory
► a fob, a small pocket; a tobacco pouch → FAB 1811
► a whiff of tobacco or of other odour → FUFF 1816
► a quid of tobacco → CHEW 1820
► tobacco → BACKA • BACKEY • BACKY • BAKKY 1823
► tobacco → BACA • BACCA • BACCAH • BACCER • BACKER 1824
► a small roll of tobacco → NACKET 1825
► the discarded butt of a cigar; also, a quid of chewed tobacco → OLD SOLDIER 1834
► a twist of tobacco → FIG 1837
► tobacco cut up and prepared for smoking → PATEN-CUT 1843
► a small piece of tobacco → FID 1848
► tobacco → CABBAGE M19
► tobacco → NOSE-MY M19 rhyming sl. – nosey-my-knacker
► tobacco → NOSER-MY-KNACKER M19 rhyming sl.
► tobacco → NOSEY-MY-KNACKER M19 rhyming sl.
► a quarter inch of tobacco → QUARTER M19
► tobacco → OCCABOT 1851 back-slang
► poor quality tobacco, sold in twists → DOGLEG 1858
► enough tobacco to fill a pipe; a smoke → REECH-O’-BACCO 1874
► coarse tobacco, issued in prisons → SHEEP DIP 1877 US sl.
► a dried chew of tobacco → AULD SODGER 1881
► tobacco → SNOUT 1885
► a small quantity of tobacco → A BIT OF LEAF 1889
► the unburnt tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and placed on top of the next pipeful → DOZZLE 1892
► a stick of “Two Seas” tobacco → NAILROD L19
► any dark tobacco → NAILROD L19
► a 1/4 oz (7g) of tobacco → QUARTER-POUND OF BIRD’S EYE L19
► a pipeful of tobacco → RAKE-OUT L19
► a single leaf of rolling tobacco → WING L19
► poor tobacco → SHEEP-WASH 1900 Aust. sl.
► chewing tobacco → EATING TOBACCO 1901
► tobacco → STUFF Bk1904
► finely-cut tobacco → RAG-BACCY Bk1905
► chewing tobacco; a chew of tobacco → CHEWING 1906
► tobacco for chewing → LIGHT FOOD 1909
► tobacco juice → AMBER • AMBIER 1910s
► a sack of tobacco, used as prison ‘currency’ → SACK 1910s
► tobacco for a cigarette → MAKIN’S 1914
► tobacco → PILL 1914
► chewing tobacco → OIL 1928
► 10 oz. of tobacco → SANE • SEIN 1930s
► tobacco → SNOUTY 1930s
► snuff; tobacco → HEIFER DUST 1935
► cheap smoking tobacco → BUG DUST 1936
► tobacco → ALFALFA 1940
► tobacco → DAIRY 1940s
► cheap tobacco, used for rolling cigarettes → SAWDUST 1940s
► tobacco → LADY NICOTINE Bk1942
► tobacco → STOLE Bk1942
► tobacco → TABACCA • TABACKA • TERBACCER • TERBACKER Bk1942
► tobacco → TABACCY • TABACKY Bk1942
► tobacco → THE DIVINE WEED Bk1942
► tobacco → THE FILTHY WEED Bk1942
► tobacco → THE FRAGRANT WEED Bk1942
► tobacco → THE INDIAN DRUG Bk1942
► tobacco → TOBACCA Bk1942
► tobacco → TOBACCER • TOBACKER Bk1942
► tobacco → TOBACCY • TOBACKY Bk1942
► strong, evil-smelling tobacco → OLD ROPE 1943
► home-cured tobacco → SIDE HILL NAVY 1948
► loose, raw tobacco → CUSH 1950
► home-grown tobacco twisted into a rope → JACKASS ROPE 1950s
► chewing tobacco → KANGA • KANGAR 1950s prison rhyming sl. – Kangaroo = ‘chew’
► very strong tobacco → KILL-DEVIL 1953
► the residue of tobacco in the bowl of a frequently used pipe → BUG JUICE 1960
► moisture in the mouth, coloured brown by snuff or chewing tobacco → GOOP 1965
► moisture in the mouth, coloured brown by snuff or chewing tobacco → HAMBEER 1965
► a plug of chewing tobacco → HEAD 1966
► a length or piece of plug tobacco → JOT 1966 Amer. dial.
► a squirt of tobacco juice → BEAD 1968
► moisture in the mouth, coloured brown by snuff or chewing tobacco → BROTH 1968
► the portion or quantity of tobacco chewed at one time → CHONKINGS 1968
► the portion of tobacco chewed at one time → CHUG 1968
► the portion or quantity of tobacco chewed at one time → CODGE 1968
► tobacco → SALMON TROUT 1970s rhyming sl. for ‘snout’
► tobacco; a cigarette → SALMON (AND TROUT) 1974 rhyming sl. for ‘snout’
► smoking tobacco → ALFALFA Bk1975 obs.
► tobacco; a cigarette → GWA • GWAAI • GWAI 1978
► tobacco → DARK 1980s
► home-rolled cigarettes and the tobacco for making them → JAWBONE 1983
► poor quality tobacco issued by the State of California to prisoners → DUKE 1989
► tobacco (Cockney pronunciation = ‘terbaccer’) → MICHAEL SCHUMACHER 1990s rhyming sl.
► a pinch of chewing tobacco; the chewing tobacco itself → DIP 1997
► a cigarette; tobacco → IN-AND-OUT 1998 rhyming sl. for ‘snout’
► a bag of tobacco or marijuana → WAD 2000s
► fine tobacco for rolling cigarettes → DUST Bk2006
NOUNS, PERSON
► a person addicted to tobacco → TOBACCHIAN 1597 obs.
► a person addicted to the use of tobacco; a habitual tobacco-smoker → TOBACCONIST 1599 obs.
► a companion in tobacco-smoking; a fellow smoker → TOBACCO-FELLOW 1616 obs.
► a smoker of tobacco → TOBACCONER 1616 obs.
► a tobacconist → SMOKE-MERCHANT 1618 obs.
► a man who sells tobacco; a tobacconist → TOBACCO-MAN 1618 obs.
► a person who smokes tobacco, esp. one who annoys others with tobacco smoke → FUNKER 1691 obs.
► a seller of tobacco → TOBACCONER 1701 obs.
► a hater of tobacco smoke → MISOCAPNIST 1839
► a person addicted to tobacco smoking → TOBACCONALIAN 1855
► a total abstainer from tobacco → BACCATOTAL 1870
► a lover of tobacco → TOBACCOPHIL(E) 1882
► an advocate of tobacco → TOBACCOITE 1898
► one who chews or smokes tobacco to excess; one who uses snuff → TOBACCO-WORM 1906
► one who chews tobacco → OIL BURNER 1928
► a tobacconist → SNOUTER 1940s
► a tobacco chewer → BELL-RINGER 1975Bk
VERBS
► to smoke tobacco; also, to emit smoke → FUNK 1684 obs.
► to chew tobacco → CHEW THE CUD 1845
► to smoke tobacco → TOBACCONIZE 1876
► to impregnate with tobacco smoke → TOBACCONIZE 1884
► to chew tobacco → BURN OIL 1922
► to squirt tobacco spittle between the teeth → SKEET AMBEER 1954
► of tobacco: to chew → EAT 1961
► to chew tobacco → TAKE A DIP 1980s
► to use chewing tobacco → DIP 2001
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