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tobaccy, n. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S. regional, esp. south. and south Midland).
Brit. |təˈbaki|, U.S. |təˈbæki|
Forms: 18– tabaccy, 18– tabacky, 18– tobaccy, 18– tobacky, 19– tabbacky
[Representing a U.S. colloquial pronunciation of tobacco n. Compare baccy (see bacco n.), backey (see backer n.3).]
Tobacco.
1835Lady's Bk. Sept. 101/1 Oh then but that's the iligant tabaccy! 1838A. Jameson Winter Stud. & Summer Rambles Canada II. 92 A vile little log-hut, over the door of which hung..a board, setting forth that ‘wiskey and tabacky’ were to be had there. 1865Atlantic Monthly Mar. 292/2 I'd ask her if she'd iver a pipe and its full of tobacky about her. 1909Chatterbox 375/2 What do 'ee say to a bit of tobaccy, master? 1955J. Kerouac Let. May in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 480 Here I am in the heart of the cottonfields and tobaccy fields, bored. 1989R. Barr Roseanne (1990) i. i. 6 She wore overalls and chewed tobacky, which in the early 1950's in Salt Lake City meant that she was something of a social misfit. |