Varinasn.
Used to designate a kind of tobacco (see quot. 1858). Also elliptical.
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1747 W. Douglas Brit. Settlem. N. Amer. (1760) I. 116 Virginia tobacco, and Brazil, and Varinas tobacco, differ upon this account.
1839 ‘J. Fume’ Paper on Tobacco 117 Varinas is usually imported in rolls formed of the leaves of the tobacco spun into a kind of thick twist.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Varina's [sic] roll, a kind of tobacco generally plaited round a thick stick, very much like C'naster.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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