twist

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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tobacco prepared in twisted ropes, prominent among the trade goods of the fur companies.

Quotations

1776

Tobacco, when sold, fetched one beaver-skin per foot of Spencer's twist.

1944

As more and more natives became cigarette smokers, carrot and twist (or "niggerhead") are going into the discard.

1956

The man was chewing twist and browning his sandy stubble with it.