Sobranien.
/səˈbrɑːni/ A kind of tobacco or a cigarette made from it. Also Balkan Sobranie, and attributive.Earliest in Balkan Sobranie: see the first element.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > of type from specific area
Trinidado1599
Verinas1624
Virginia1624
Orinoco1660
merry land1688
Virginia tobacco1700
Varinas1747
Latakia1833
tumbak1836
Shiraz1840
mahorka1857
Turkish1859
perique1865
Sobranie1899
torori1905
Yenidje1954
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > other types of cigarette
Russian cigarette1851
papirosa1856
Egyptian1892
Russian1892
tickler1904
joystick1911
gyppy1920
king-size1920
Sobranie1923
virgin1923
Turk1926
roll-your-own1932
ready roll1949
roll-up1950
filter1956
filterless1956
rollie1964
Virginia1964
untipped1968
primo1986
1899 Tobacco 1 Mar. p. lxvi/2 Register of specialities…cigarettes... Balkan Sobranie—Robt. Lewis, 20, St. James St., Lon., S.W.
1923 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Sept. 1969 Sobraine [sic]... Cigarettes. Isaiah Redstone..cigarette manufacturer.
1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death iii. 31 Lord Peter wriggled into the window seat, lit a Sobranie and clasped his hands about his knees.
1955 N. Fitzgerald House is Falling xi. 188 When three Sobranies had been lighted, Lake continued.
1977 Punch 31 Aug. 355/1 Insouciant Senior Lecturers smoked Sobranie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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