1819, from French tabagie, from tabac "tobacco" (see tobacco). A group of smokers who meet in club fashion; a "tobacco-parliament."
A sort of “tabagie” or tobacco parliament, such as was once in force at Potsdam.
Doncques, si le mourt a quelques prouisions, il faut qu'il en face tabagie tous ses parents, & amis.
So if the dying man has some supplies on hand, he must make tabagie of them for all his relatives and friends.
The said dogs are afterwards served at the tabagie, for they find them palatable.
And so Seckendorf, how can he help it, is installed in the tabagie; glides into pleasant conversation there.
Friedrich Wilhelm was a man of habitudes; his evening tabagie became a law of Nature to him, constant as the setting of the sun.
The same subordinate personage may be worth his place in the tabagie, should his function happen to prove necessary there.
Omniscient Gundling was a prime resource in the tabagie, for many years to come.
Daily, otherwise, Gundling was at the tabagie; getting drunk, if nothing better.
Tessouat was to give a tabagie, or solemn feast, in honor of Champlain, and the chiefs and elders of the island were invited.
