stemmery

American

[stem-uh-ree] / ˈstɛm ə ri /

noun

a factory or other place where tobacco leaves are stripped.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

stemmeries

plural

Etymology

Origin of stemmery

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; stem ¹ + -ery

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From the outsides it looks to be like something suitable for a tobacco stemmery or maybe a skating-rink, but once I gets past the watchman on the outer door—Who-ee!

From J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

These processes, which are usually known as rehandling, are carried out in special buildings which are called leaf houses and stemmeries.

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

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