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Turkish tobacco

American  

noun

  1. a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.


Turkish tobacco British  

noun

  1. a fragrant dark tobacco cultivated in E Europe, esp Turkey and Greece

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We won't spoil it, but it involves the Crimean War, Turkish tobacco and the silks and tassels of Middle Eastern exoticism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2016

Strong Turkish tobacco that burns as smoothly as mild Virginia leaf?

From Time Magazine Archive

To woo Turkey into military alliance, Great Britain promised, among other things, to buy 20,000,000 Ibs. of Turkish tobacco per year for 20 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its return shipments were more exotic: monkeys from Calcutta, leopard skins from Yemen, Italian vermouth, Turkish tobacco.

From Time Magazine Archive

The crop of Turkish tobacco, particularly of the better kinds suitable for cigarettes, is small and less than half of it is exported.

From Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers by Brennan, W. A.

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