bacca
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of bacca
From the Latin word bacca, bāca “olive, any round fruit, berry”
Example Sentences
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Tobacco may be an evil weed to some, but to the farmers who grow it, "bacca" has long been manna.
From Time Magazine Archive
My claes like tinder; the bed o’ dry leaves; my shrivelled boots; the bacca in powder.
From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville
"He wants a bit o' bacca, my duckie."
From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
The bacca was dry as powder, but it eased the gnawin’ of my limbs, and I tottered on.
From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville
It was there, sure enough, along wi’ my steel bacca-box, and there was bacca there too, an’ a bit o’ flint to get a light.
From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville
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