stemmo

[< Algonk.; cf. Cree chistamaw]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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tobacco. Also spelled stemow, stimu.

Quotations

1743

[tobacco in Generall che stem mo]

1927

P.S. here is a 1/2 fig of stimu for your nose warmer.

1952

. . . I found myself selecting at Battleford an assortment of trade goods: blankets, strouds, prints, stemow (tobacco). . . .

1953

Ogohko stuffed his pipe with still more of the sergeant's precious, dwindling stemmo. . . .