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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n. — Obs.
a slender, twisted plug of tobacco once common in the old Northwest.
See: niggerhead tobacco
Quotations
1835
It remained with us now to either lose the beaver or rise our price . . . and we accordingly offered 5 gal. Mixed run & 10 heads tobacco, with a blanket per beaver.
1835
These two deer cost 1/2 pint Rum, 1 quart Molasses, 6 lbs Buckshot & 2 Heads Tobacco, which altogether amount to 2s 7d. . . .