单词 | wrapper leaf |
释义 | > as lemmaswrapper leaf a. Also wrapper leaf. Tobacco-leaf of a superior grade prepared and used for the outer cover of cigars or of plug-tobacco; a covering made of this. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco leaf > type of wrapper leaf1688 filling1812 strips1844 stript1881 wrap tobacco1888 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 274/2 Filler, is the inside of the Roll [of tobacco]: which is any sorts of Leaves and Stalks. Wrapper, the out side of the roll, which are good leaves. 1839 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 48 The filling of cigars now belies the wrapper. 1864 R. L. De Coin Hist. & Cult. Cotton & Tobacco 301 The best leaves..are required by the twisters for wrappers around twists or plugs. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 May 4 A cigar consists of three parts, the wrapper, the bunch, and the filler. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Feb. 17/1 The growers want 25 cents a pound for wrapper leaf..and 15 cents for ‘run of the crop’ as against the OPA set prices of 21 for wrapper..and 10 for ungraded. 1978 D. Williams Treasure up in Smoke v. 50 All hand-made cigars consist of a thick core of compressed tobacco leaf, a binder.., and finally a wrapper leaf. < as lemmas |
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